2 Corinthians 2:7-10

So my brother and his wife came home from their honeymoon last night. They are definitely two of the most amazing people I have ever known.

I was reading through my Bible the other day, and I fell upon this passage, 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10:

"So to keep me from being too elated by the surpassing greatness of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messanger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

Christ makes His strength perfect in my weakness. Such a statement. I don't have to be perfect to be a Christian. I should strive towards Christ in everything I do, not settling for my failures, but in those places that I do fall short, His strength is made perfect. Wow. What an amazing God. Even when I screw up, people will see Christ in me. Even though I'm this little girl who isn't always satisfied to look to Christ to fill my voids, He uses me. His power is made perfect in weakness, and His grace is sufficient for me.

The being content part is hard for me to grasp too. I need to be content in Christ when things aren't going the way I think they should. "For when I am weak, then I am strong." Darn that's hard. What a prayer to pray, "Make me weak, so that Your strength will be made perfect." Something to ponder.