Thursday, October 06, 2005

My grace is sufficient for you...

"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 12:8-10

Seriously, I think I have been one of the most blessed people in the world. From day 1, I never really had to worry much about anything. Food has always been on the table, school has always been OK (i.e. I never had to work day-and-night and still had fear of not passing a course), transition from school to work had been very smooth.


To this day I don't think God has given me (in my own life) a particular difficult trial that I have to worry about matters of life and death. Yes I have uncertainties about different aspects of my life, but it has never been "urgent" to the point that I feel that desperation to trust and rely on Him totally with faith and nothing else...
And I wish I have. I wish I have because then I know how to comfort others. I know how to comfort those (who I care so much) who are facing so many uncertainties and challenges in their lives. I cannot help but feel like I'm speaking empty words when I tell them to be faithful, to continually trust that God will provide, God will guide... even when I'm praying for them sometimes I worry that I'm being hypocritical.


I know my God is the true God--everything in my head is telling that I need to lift all the burdens I have for these people to Him--but how come I don't know how? Lord, please help me to listen to Your voice!! Please give me Peace in my heart!

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