Encouraging Truth: "Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for
those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the
children of mankind!" - Psalm 31:19
Loving Instruction: "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my
weaknesses . . . " - II Corinthians 12:9a
Our Reward: ". . . so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." - II Corinthians 12:9b
"For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." - II Corinthians 12:10
To say that I have felt overwhelmed in the past few weeks is an understatement. All three kids sick, pregnancy nausea and pains, and the hubby having a surgical procedure done on his toe makes for a very busy lady! So many times after responding incorrectly, I'd yell silently at God "I can't do this! I'm not good enough!". And that was, and is, true - I'm not good enough. Sadly, we women compare ourselves to women on the internet - you know, the people we know but aren't close to as well as the strangers we've stumbled upon thanks to blogs and sites such as Pinterest. These 'picture perfect' lives aren't reality. The pictures are carefully chosen to portray only the good and the beautiful. The stories are eloquently scripted for maximum cuteness and "Aren't I an awesome mom?" effect. (I for one, post almost no pictures of myself in my jammies!) But are we viewing these edited lives as good? In our moments of frustration are we internally yelling "Why can't I have it together like 'so-and-so'?". I am challenging us all to spend the time we would normally use to browse these pages to instead browse The Word. That's true goodness. We're not going to find true goodness in lives of other women. We're going to find it in Christ. I am weak. He is strong.
"His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire." - II Peter 1:3-4
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