Gratitude: Paul...

"...Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from satan, to torment me.  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 weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.  For when I am weak, then I am strong."  ~2 Corinthians 12:7-10

How many times have your felt like Paul?  Feeling like you have been given your very own thorn?  

I have.

And believe me, I didn't stop pleading with God to remove it at three.  

I love Paul's words.  I love the lesson God taught him through his weakness.  I love that we can find comfort in those words and lessons as well. 

I love the truth.  "For when I am weak, then I am strong."

Lord, thank you for Paul.  Thank you for his thorn.  Thank you for mine.  I don't say that enough and I should.  Thank you.  May You be always glorified in my weakness.