Paul asked God to take away his personal troubles, and this was the answer he got:

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

And Paul’s response was: “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” II Corinthians 12:9-10

I wish this was a truth I too could wholeheartedly and honestly express, but really, I still have a whole lot of growing to do.

In the meantime, I’m focusing on doing the next best thing, the next right thing. I’m focusing on growing in grace, learning more about who I am (how God made me) and what that means (what does his Word say about what I should be doing?). I’m building relationships in a community of like-hearted neighbors who want to find out more about these same things. And when disappointing, hard answers come, when I’m face to face with my sin and humanity? I’m fighting to remember what’s true: when I am weak, then I am strong.