Well, now I have been on bed rest for 5 days. I’m learning a lot about myself during this time!
Last sunday one of the girls on our team was preaching in a church about a verse in 2 Corinthians. Paul says that God’s grace is sufficient for him, because God’s power is made perfect in weakness. As I was writing notes and evaluating her sermon, I heard God whisper in my soul ‘this is something you need to learn.’ I would say I am a pretty strong person, and so I didn’t have much to argue with God about on this one, I know it is something I need to grow in, embracing the areas I am weak, looking to God for His strength, not trying to always do everything on my own. Little did I know what the week ahead would hold.
Now I do feel very weak. I can’t control or plan for what is going to happen. I can’t even make my own food! I have to ask for help for everything and I have to be willing to let others help me. This is a hard lesson for a girl who has always been Little Miss Independant! But character growth is a good thing, it leads to more freedom in life from the pressures I put on myself and I become more of the person I was always created to be.
On the day I came home from the hospital I started writing in a new journal my sister Lisa gave to me at Christmas. What was the verse at the bottom of the page? 2 Corinth 12:9 "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." Okay Jesus…I get it! Help me to really GET it! :)
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