Weakness part 2
So let's be real: Everybody has weaknesses. Mine are social interactions and math. Off the top of my head. But the point is, nobody's perfect in the Mr. Perfect never make any mistakes sense. Even God Himself has a weakness. Don't believe me? Check out 1 Corinthians 1:25, "Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men." Now a few verses before that one, 1 Corinthians 1:18 tells us about the foolishness. "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." A sacrificial love seems foolish to those that are stuck in the selfish attitude of "me, me, me." But God's foolishness--laying His life down... giving His life for us and to us--is wiser than anything we could ever come up with. Which, really, tells us what the weakness of God is. The weakness of God is stronger than man... because the weakness of God IS man! We are His weakness. Remember yesterday I mentioned about how that special person can make you go weak in the knees? That's what happens to God when He looks at us. We are the apple of His eye. We are His favorite. The God who IS love wanted so badly to express His love that He created... us. So that He might have something to express Himself to. So that He might be able to share Himself with someone. With us. And think about it: Every time Jesus was confronted with someone who needed something from Him... He gave them all He had. When He wanted to get away and be by Himself (with His Father) and pray, but someone had a need... He always put other people first. Always. We are God's weakness. And that's not a bad thing. I have to admit that I feel the same way about my son. About my family. There is nothing I wouldn't do for them. Everything I do, I do for them. But here's the trick. Here's the rub. Here's the key. God's strength is made perfect in weakness, right? When I'm doing things for my family--my weakness--that's when I'm strongest. That's when I'm flowing in my purpose and my destiny. I've heard it said many times, "If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." Charity starts at home. So what I'm saying is, it's ok to be weak. Because in that weakness we find the strength of God. Which, by the way, of course, is love. The strength of God is the love of God. Our love can make us weak in the knees, but it also makes us strong enough to stand. So don't think of weakness always as something negative, or something to be hidden. It's ok to have weaknesses. And I say that knowing that we will have them whether it's "ok" or not. What I'm saying is: there's an aspect of self-improvement that's good. Practice makes perfect and all that. But we need to start embracing who we are. I'm never going to be a mathmatician. And I'm ok with that. That's for other people. When I need help with math... I'm not afraid to ask for it. I usually ask my kid, because he IS a numbers man. But we need to stop getting down on ourselves for the stuff we can't do, and we need to start doing the stuff we can do to the best of our abilities. Heartily--to the best of our abilities and because it is in our hearts to do it!