The Lord said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me (2 Corinthians 12.9)
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The Apostle Paul perceived the mystery of divine strength that is revealed only in the admission of (and submission to) his inescapable human frailty.
For the longest time, I understood Paul’s revelation largely intellectually. However, through my ongoing life-experience, I have discovered a pathway of power to resist self-defeating desires only through the gateway called “Honesty” in recognizing and accepting my inherent susceptibility to act on those desires.
In a word (thank you, my dear namesake Apostle), strength hath come through weakness.
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