Saturday, September 13, 2003
Saturday, September 13, 2003
The LORD is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation; this is
my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
(Exodus 15.2
NRSV)
I can just hear St. Paul boasting, can't you? "Look at me," he would say, "I once persecuted the
church. Look at me, a man who has to battle this humiliating affliction--this thorn in the flesh. Yet
Christ has used me to plant churches all over the known world." Paul was a man of tremendous
intellect. He was also a man of unquestionable persuasive powers. Perhaps if it had not been for
his thorn in the flesh, he would have leaned upon his own ability rather than the power of God
working through him. And you and I would never had heard the name of Paul. His weakness
became his strength. His scar became a star. His hurt became a halo. And the same thing can
happen to us--if our weakness helps us to grow, if our weakness makes us more determined to
succeed, if our weakness causes us to try new things, and if our weakness causes us to rely on
God.
Dear God, may I do my best to always rely on your power and strength. Amen.
