Mar. 3, 2008
Warning to Sarah
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The following conversation from our church dinner last night: 7 year old girl: Andrew, I love you. Wanna go to China with me? Andrew:  . Ummmm... I don't think I feel like China tonight.Girl: Okay. How 'bout Pennsylvania? ******* Ya know, sometimes it just feels like my body is betraying me...  Don't mind me (Pay no attention to the whiny woman behind the curtain!) Big pain day. No relief in sight... It does make me wonder, though, how those of you without Christ cope with life. Life in this sin-sick world has so many pains. Only Christ makes them bearable for me. Do I like pain? No!! Just the opposite - I am a big wimp. But I am greatly comforted knowing that I am a child of The King! And nothing happens to me without His permission. Even more than that, I know absolutely that every little thing in my life is orchestrated by Him - for my good and His glory! Hallelujah! Like Paul, I ask for the removal of the thorn. And sorta-kinda like Paul (my submission to His will and my selflessness are definitely not like Paul's! There is way too much "I want..." and "what about me?" still left in me!  ), I praise Him for His answer, even when that answer is, "No, my child. My grace is sufficient for thee: My strength is made perfect in thy weakness." <2 Cor 12:9+>My prayer then becomes not, "Lord, heal me, take this pain from me." But rather, "Lord, give me the grace to say from my heart: 'Most gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me. And I take pleasure in my weakness and pain, for then Christ is shown to be my strength! Thy will be done.' '" Oh, how He loves me to take so much trouble with me, making me more like Christ each day! And, yes, sometimes that hurts -- "only a little". (  That quote thrown in for you PoTC-fans!!)******* Sorry. I broke my own rule of no philosophizing on this blog. Good thing that The Powers That Be are me, myself and I!  |
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Posted by Madeline