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His Strength in my weakness!

  “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.” 2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9-10‬ ‭


A dear friend shared this verse with me the other day when I was feeling a little overwhelmed, partly by emotions and partly by a packed schedule...& that being partly of my own doing (having back to back trips during my “off” month to Oceanside with amazing TX friends from our Dallas days who wanted to come out to take me for a rejuvenating retreat & then to Atlanta/Hilton Head to celebrate my sisters 50th birthday which was September 10 but they insisted we wait til I was done with chemo, throwing a triple shower for my 1 engaged & 2 pregnant True North youth group leaders I serve with, etc) and partly with pre-op appointments & prep. She called me while I was waiting for a pre-op ultrasound. There were complications that were making it take a lot longer and throwing off subsequent appointments I’d lined up after back to back trying to organize my week & best use my time up in the Newport area. Nothing was going as planned & I finding the internal & external pressures mounting. I was feeling weak- mentally, emotionally, physically...but not spiritually! Because I know that His strength is perfected in my weakness!! I was emptied of my strength so He could fill me with His!! What a glorious truth! I could be content no matter what the  hardships I face! Praise the Lord that His grace is more than sufficient for me! 


I wrote this the week before surgery but didn’t quite get to finish and post it. And it’s taken me this long to finish writing as this surgery has taken me down harder than I anticipated. I never thought I could spend so much time  on my back and in the recliner (on a donut another dear friend brought me for injured tailbone from cliff jumping!). When I do get up to do more, it’s not long before my body demands a return to the chair😊. Humbling. But grateful to embrace His grace, His amazing grace! It is more than sufficient to strengthen me in my weakness!!

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