"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.”
~August Wilson~
Chapter 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
Chapter 12:1-10
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me 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.
~August Wilson~
Hello all Welcome back! and thanks for visiting! i have found the best place to blog, journal, and have a Quite Time out on the back porch at night I can here the ocean, its great! hope all of you are having a great summer. My summer is going amazing! God is doing amazing things here in Ocean City, New Jersey. I just have some time to let you know what God is teaching me as i finished up 2 Corinthians today and all that he has taught me during it:
Chapter 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
Chapter 12:1-10
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me 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.
There are things i am terrible at and things that i struggle with, and in these weaknesses God is Strong. God has taught me that through all my faults in strugles that as it says in verse 9 "My Grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfect in weakness" God's Power is made perfect in my weakness. Whenever i over come something i am dealing with it is not because i am good or i did it under my own power but it was only through the power of God. So right now as Paul wrote in Verse 10 " That is why, for Christ's Sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am Strong.
So in Conclusion of my study of 2 Corinthians I find my self with with new breath breathing fresher air i would say. God has shown me that my identity is in Christ and that i dont need to look to other people or things to find out who i am and what i am good at. Also that because i am in Christ that I am Strong even through my weaknesses and in my weaknesses that is where God shows how powerful he is not in my gifts that come naturally to me but in the things that i struggle and find difficult or challenging. All Glory be To God.
Thanks for reading have a Great Day!
In Him,
Andy C.
Andrew Music Comp.:
Great British Jazz singer and pianist. He is great fun music and really talented. The music Video is really Cheesy but the song is good.
http://www.jamiecullum.com/#
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Do You Know Him??????
So in Conclusion of my study of 2 Corinthians I find my self with with new breath breathing fresher air i would say. God has shown me that my identity is in Christ and that i dont need to look to other people or things to find out who i am and what i am good at. Also that because i am in Christ that I am Strong even through my weaknesses and in my weaknesses that is where God shows how powerful he is not in my gifts that come naturally to me but in the things that i struggle and find difficult or challenging. All Glory be To God.
Thanks for reading have a Great Day!
In Him,
Andy C.
Andrew Music Comp.:
Great British Jazz singer and pianist. He is great fun music and really talented. The music Video is really Cheesy but the song is good.
http://www.jamiecullum.com/#
Video of The Week: (THATS MY KING!!!)
Do You Know Him??????
2 comments:
Hey Andy, awesome blog dude, I totally appreciated it, because I experienced the exact same verse you analyzed, today. I had a quiz in class an hour ago and I thought it was open book, so I had not written detailed notes, it was only open-note. But by God's grace, He provided me with knowledge and guidance, so I know that because of Him in my weakness of lack of knowledge, I have succeeded, triumphed, so AMEN hallelujah! :)
Keep having fun at the ocean...you're gonna miss it when it's gone, don't stop blogging!!!
dude that video is one of the best, Do you know Him?....they did something at Willow the other week with that, AWESOME.
You should check out my blog... ;-) It is long but there is something you would know in it...=)
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