I Am Weak But He Is Strong

2 Corinthians 12:9

My power will rest on you when you are weak

 

When my Crohn’s and/or MS are really acting up, I sometimes have trouble remembering that I am a blessed child of the King.  When I have a terrible day of brain fog, I get so frustrated that praising God is the last thing on my mind.  When times are trying and I want to help someone and can’t, my heart is heavy and I don’t think of the fact that our Lord and Savior is always ready to help and comfort.  When we are having weak moments, our thoughts often do not immediately realize that God is always willing to help us.

Having a chronic disease is hard to deal with.  I am not whining about my conditions…………just trying to tell you how I feel sometimes.  I get really hurt and upset when people I want to be with are doing things I cannot participate in.  I do not wish them to be in my condition.  I just wish me to be in theirs.  Sometimes I forget that I have so many things I can still do, even though there are so many I can’t.  God does not take things away from us without giving us others to take their place.

I have gotten in really low places in my thoughts and have had to shake myself to get out of them.  Sometimes they are not easy to shake.  Many prayers from family and friends have lifted me out of the darkness and put me on a steadier path to peace and contentment.

One of the hardest things I have had to learn is that God will be my strength in all things if I will just let Him.  Trying to make myself strong does not work.  It only brings failure and more frustration.  Only when I ask God to help me with my attitude and gratitude does the day get on a better tract.  Only by letting go of myself and depending on Him will I overcome whatever the day brings.  Only when I truly realize that I am weak but He is strong, does anything good happen in my life. 

Such a simple thing….but often so hard to do!