Be Strong - 2 Corinthians 12:8-10

Quote of the Day
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I've lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do. --Eleanor Roosevelt

(8) Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.  (9) 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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.  (10) That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Paul was speaking of a "thorn".  This may have been a figurative or literal thorn.  We don't know for sure.  There are times in our lives when we suffer from a "thorn", be it a spiritual problem of anxiety, temptation or guilt over something we haven't given over to God or anything that would cause us to boast about ourselves.
We are all a work in progress.  We will have days when we feel weak and others when we feel strong.  During those times of weakness, we can rest assured Jesus walks with us.  Click on the Youtube link I have provided for you on the right of this page and enjoy Randy Travis singing Just A Closer Walk With Thee.  "May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all." 2 Cor. 13:14
Love, Nan

Just A Closer Walk With Thee

I am weak, but thou art strong; Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
I'll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.
Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Thro' this world of toil and snares, If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares? None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.
Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
When my feeble life is o'er, Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely o'er To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.
Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.