God's gifts from the first week of teaching
The sermon at church yesterday was one of those where you leave feeling like, "Oh, sorry, everyone else, that was for me!" Before our sermons, our pastor has been reading a chapter every week from the letters to the Corinthians. We just happened to get to chapter 12 in 2 Corinthians yesterday, where Paul explains to the Corinthians... Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. I'm still working on that part about boasting in my infirmities and taking pleasure in them, but I am still trying to give thanks for this back pain from a bulging disc th...