dailydatewithgod

We look with admiration to the qualities of strength. We are drawn to the strong of heart, mind, and body.  God is interested in the strength of our spirit, where the spirit of love endures.  The funny thing is we think it comes from demonstrating strength and building on it.  I have found that the things that strengthen my spirit come from weakness.  Until I know and face my weakness, I cannot know what needs to be strengthened.  There is another option of course.  It could give up entirely, we all could.  Yet something about the way God created us has endowed us with courage to endure through our weaknesses.  The hope of light living inside us which God nurtures and strengthens never goes out.  It is the space from which to draw the needed strength and begin the work of having a full life in the spirit of love.  This world can tempt us to define ourselves by the things we are still striving to overcome or have failed at. God’s eyes are focused on the powerful strength waiting to be seen in the light of day.  When we have the courage to see our weakness as an avenue to awaken to the process of strengthening our spirit, we begin to know what God knows.  We are illuminated as to the truth of who we are which is someone who is not defined by the circumstances or the struggles of their life but by the courage to latch on to hope. When we get an opportunity to strengthen our spirit by facing our weaknesses we experience the power of love in us.

No one, as far as I can tell, makes it through this life unscathed.  We all  have things we are working on in the form of  weaknesses or experiences that threaten to beat us down.  There are areas where we are strong and areas where we are weak. Unlike the message of the world, God reminds us that areas of weakness do not make us less than.  Yes, they humble us and remind us we are not alone.  If I never faced my food addiction, my incest, or the day-to-day areas of my life where I think I am not measuring up, I would not know the strength that exists in my heart.  We do not need hide our areas of weakness in shame.  We are called by the hope and light of our hearts to claim them as the portals through which the strengthening power of love shows up for the very world that would look down up on us for being weak.