Thursday, March 18, 2010

Thankful Thursday- Struggles

I had to write my entry early since I will be on a date tomorrow with my hubby. :) So I'm not sure what Laurie @ Women Taking A Stand will write about,but I know you will be blessed by whatever it is!! So be sure to follow the link to her amazing blog!

My study yesterday was about Paul's thorn in the flesh,his trials and struggles. It took me to a verse that God spoke to me early last year in II Corinthians. 


7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. II Corinthians 12:7-10

So today I am thankful for my struggles and trials. For with them, God's power shines through. How ironic is that? We are told today in our society we are the god and we can do it,but without the true God we cannot accomplish anything. We certainly cannot make it through trials and have a positive attitude in the end. It is so hard sometimes,but I have to go back to this scripture and know if I could do it on my own why would I need God? Why would I need salvation? He keeps us humble by allowing some struggles and trials so we do not exalt ourself above Him. I used to beg God to just let things be easy and simple,but after reading these verses and really meditating on them I should thank Him for His power to work through me during the struggles. Oh it takes a lot to say I'm thankful for them,when I am in the midst of them. Mine aren't too bad,but at the time they sure do seem it. Being woke up at 2 in the morning by my precious Aaron who doesn't know what he wants and a Mama not knowing how to get him back to sleep knowing I will be woke up again, is a struggle to me. Is it that bad? No,it could be worse,but God still will give me the strength the next day when I am dog tired taking care of Daniel and Aaron all over again. God doesn't say our struggles have to meet a certain criteria of "hard". He just says that when we are weak,He is strong. So whatever your struggle is today, try to see God in the midst calling to you and wanting to be Your Strength! Be blessed ladies!!



19 comments:

  1. Fantastic insights! I love your tender heart towards Him that shines through this post.xo

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  2. I totally agree and wrote about the same sort of thing today because I am learning to be thankful in the midst of a long struggle.

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  3. Thank you. I needed that! Be Blessed today!

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  4. I love thankful Thursdays ... and enjoy your date!

    I hope you don't mind if I splash around today and get to know you. Don't worry, if I make a mess, I'll mop it up. Always delighted to meet new friends.

    Splashing,
    Sara

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  5. I hope you and your husband are having a good time.

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  6. This is such an important truth to get. There is a great book I read called Future Grace by John Piper and it helped me even more with grasping what you wrote here. Thanks for a great post!

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  7. Great post!

    I hope you had a wonderful date with your hubby :-)

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  8. hope you had a great time on your date your post was wonderful

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  9. Enjoy your date with your hubby!

    Happy Thankful Thursday!

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  10. I am so thankful that our Lord promises to be with us as we go through trials, and I know I grow stronger in my faith when I am going through a difficult time. I once had someone tell me I would be rid of my physical pain if I had enough faith - but no, the truth is that my faith has grown because of my pain. God is faithful!
    Laurie

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  11. I've experienced trials and difficulties in life and God has been there for me all the way. What an inspiring post. Happy Easter.

    http://sweetagring.com/?p=1273

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  12. This was a timely post for me. I'm in the middle of some very hard times and this was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you!

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  13. awww what a great Thankful Thursday post. Hope you and your hubby have a wonderful time!

    Michele

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  14. Hope you had an amazing date with your husband! :)

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  15. There's such comfort in knowing that it is during our weakest moments that God is at His strongest. His strength is perfect when our strength is gone. I believe there's a song that goes something like that.

    Beautiful thought.

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  16. This is a wonderful post. Without Him, I can do nothing.

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  17. Very good post, trials have made me so much stronger too!

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