Sufficiency at 2:30 AM

As the title suggests, I am up at a wee hour of the morning, so don't expect wisdom and humor to match my earliest posts.

Honestly, this morning I just wanted to put down my thoughts on God's sufficient Grace in my life.

I've been nursing a headache for the past three days. Sometimes it screams through my temple and my right eye like lightning. Sometimes even the softest noise or the slightest touch causes pain. Maybe it's a migraine; maybe it's an ear and sinus infection. All I can say for sure is that it hurts and I'm tired of it.

Naturally I've asked God for releif. I want Him to take it away. I want to wake up in the moring without pain. I want to be better.

The Apostle Paul tells of his "thorn in the flesh" in II Corinthians, chapter 12. He says that so he would "not become arrogant" he was sent a "messenger from Satan" to trouble him. While not wishing to compare my headache to Paul's trouble, I find comfort in God's response when Paul asked -three times- to be free from it. God said "My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." And Paul's response: "So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me."

Imagine that... Through our weaknesses the Power of Christ resides in us.

God may take this pain away and He may leave it with me. Truth is, I am surrounded by friends and loved ones with whom God has shown His strength through their pain and weakness. And I can only hope to wear it as well as they do, glorifying God and rejoicing in His Sufficiency.

And now it is closing in on 3:00. I must surrender to the pillow so that I may try again tomorrow. Good night all (that's currently two of you, Nicole and Danielle.)
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