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33 - Strength Through Weakness
STRENGTH THROUGH WEAKNESS WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN AM I STRONG. 2 Corinthians 12.10 LORD WHEN I THOUGHT I COULD DO EVERYTHING, I COULD DO NOTHING, AND NOW THAT IT SEEMS TO ME I CAN NO LONGER DO ANYTHING, I AM BEGINNING TO BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING IN YOU WHO STRENGTHENS ME. HOW BLESSED IS MY LACK OF ABILITY, BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FIND IN YOU EVERYTHING THAT IS LACKING IN ME.
I REJOICE IN MY WEAKNESS, BECAUSE IT OPENS MY EYES TO WHAT THE WORLD IS, AND TO WHAT I REALLY AM IN MYSELF. I COUNT IT A BLESSING TO BE LAID LOW BY YOUR HAND, BECAUSE IT IS IN YOUR MAKING ME NOTHING THAT I WILL BE COVERED BY YOUR ALMIGHTY POWER. Some people feel pity for me, because I have been brought low.
You are blind, my friends. Do not feel sorry for this person who is loved by God, and on whom he brings suffering only out of love. It was in the past that I was to be pitied, when corrupt prosperity was poisoning my heart, and I was so far from God.