We’ve had illness at our house since February 1st.
Today is March 16th, and I am ready for a healthy home.
I have a cough that is hanging on a bit. But I really can’t figure out if Don’s illness has morphed from the original or he was on the mend but then had a relapse.
Of course, we won’t ever really know. And it doesn’t much matter. It’s just how it is.
But, it got me thinking about lapses — in judgement.
And relapses — which don’t always involve judgement but sometimes do.
And then, of course, setbacks which cover a wide range of things from mental, physical, spiritual, financial, and more.
They are all interruptions that take you off the path you had hoped or planned to be on. And they can be frustrating.
But, there is also some learning that can happen in those times as well. Are you teachable? Are you curious? Would you like to figure out how to get closer to solving that persistent problem?
And, possibly, is this that “thorn in your flesh” that I suspect we all have? The Apostle Paul talks about his in 2 Corinthians:
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 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. 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. [2 Corinthians 12:7-10 NIV]
We are living on an Earth riddled by sin. And our sin contributes to it as well. What if this thorn in the flesh is actually something for our good — to keep us tethered to God and dependent on Him for our every day? At the very least it can be something used for our good, by God.
I am not a theologian. But I know God loves me. And I trust His work in my life.
Sometimes I cause my own grief and sometimes difficulties are thrust upon me. I lapse and relapse. I have and will continue to experience setbacks in all the ways.
But, I am confident in God’s work in and through it all. I pray you are as well!
His grace is sufficient for you, for His power is made perfect in weakness!
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