At least for me, in every season of my life there is a passage that holds particular meaning to me. For a while now I've been "stuck" on 2 Corinthians 12. In it Paul talks about boasting about his weakness, at first glance it seems to be an irrational thought but I've learned to share this same irrational joy about my weaknesses. Don't get me wrong, no one likes being weak, but when you live under the protection of Gods unfailing power, personal deficits can become strangely comforting. You see, in our weaknesses and limitations God's power is demonstrated. It's like that feeling, as a little girl, when Daddy carries you inside from the car you were sleeping in, or he opens the jar that's closed too tight for you. I no longer have to pretend to have it all together, I don't have to rely on my own strength. Strangely, I long the comforting feeling of God's power that only my weaknesses can bring. I'm weak! And I will continue to proclaim that because I deeply long for God's power to work in me.

I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from 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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

-2 Corinthians 12:5-10 NIV


 Paige Henry is a school social worker and independent artist in Detroit, MI. Check out her music at http://www.sydneyandpaige.com/
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