“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.’”
2 Corinthians 12:8-9 (NIV)
The Apostle Paul had a
bothersome health problem. We are not told what it was but we do know it was
something that perplexed him. He even called it “a thorn in my side.”
We have
this scriptural account of him pleading with Jesus
to remove it. Christ ’s response tells us that He had
a purpose in allowing Paul to have
this condition.
As I was
choosing scriptures for this month’s topic, I found this passage speaking to
me. I have fibromyalgia. The muscle aches sometimes appear in cycles. This
particular day, the weather was very cool-over night the temperature might have
fallen into the 40’s. This is not usual weather for June .
I found myself in the dull overall pain that I have come to recognize. I wanted
to sleep rather than start my day on time.
Once I
pulled myself out of bed, had my devotions and checked on laundry, I sat down
to complete some writing craft tasks. I had begun searching scripture for
appropriate passages for July- the topic being grace.
I came upon
the reference in my concordance. GRACE , Described
as, All-sufficient . . . 2Cor 12:9
I turned in
my Bible and read the verse and the one before it. It spoke to me. I had new
understanding of the Lord’s words.
In the past
when I had a ‘fibro day’ I would not be active. The end of the day came and I
wouldn’t have done anything productive in taking care of our home or in the
writing craft. My outside activities became limited to what I had to do. A related condition to the
fibro causes me to continue to monitor my outside appointments and social
engagements. But, after reading these two verses, I have discovered I
need to rely on God’s grace for these disorders.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my
power is made perfect in weakness.”
His grace is sufficient Cecelia.
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Thank you, Marja. I will try to rememdy this circumstance.
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DeleteQuiet spirit, I can associate with this blog post very much especially at the moment. I suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome which has also been called fibromyalgia. At the moment in fact today I am in that place of not getting out or even being able to do house work etc due to my condition. I can totally understand the pain which I can feel even in my very fingertips as I type. Thank you.
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