Being Weak...

 
     I am praying God will give me a lot of grace with this post, because I know exactly what I want to say...I'm just not quite sure how to say it.

     Do you ever feel discouraged? Do you ever try really hard to do the "right thing," but you don't understand why it's so hard? Do you ever feel alone? Do you ever find yourself trying to do something that you are sure God will be proud of, yet you find yourself struggling? Do you ever feel weak?

     The truth is most of us go to great lengths to disguised our weaknesses. We try and prove that we're strong, that we can handle anything that gets thrown our way...(don't even try to pretend this doesn't apply to you. We all do it.)

     During the past week, I felt very incapable. Very weak. Like I couldn't do anything right. I didn't understand why I thought I was on track with God, yet things were still hard. I felt discouraged. I felt weak. Last night my (heavenly) Daddy gave me answers to why this was. (He is kind of perfect like that.) Through a book, he gave me these words: "Trying to live the Christian life out of your own power is ridiculous. Why would a person do that? Why would you walk when you can ride? Being filled with the power of the (Holy) Spirit begins with an honest acknowledgement of our own weakness."

     After receiving God into your life, the next best gift He gives us is His Holy Spirit. I believe once you have surrendered your life to Him, you are given access to the Holy Spirit, all you have to do is..well, access it. :) This is what the Bible has to say about it:

• 2 Cor. 12:9-10 "I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness...For when I am weak, then I am strong."

That was exactly what I was missing... 

• Acts 1:8 "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you..."

All you have to do is ask for it. And with His Spirit comes amazing grace (to do the hard things,) and this, this perfect unexplainable peace. (Apparently, "unexplainable" is not a word-says my computer.)

• Gal. 3:3 "Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to obtain your goal by human effort?" 

Enough said? I think so. Well, one of my many weaknesses is my lack of writing talent, so I hope you picked up what I was attempting to put down. :) Blessings!

In His Arms,

<3 D