I would be greatly mistaken to not talk about my favorite person from the Bible: the Apostle Paul. He is my greatest inspiration (aside from God Almighty, of course.) I don't know how you can read his words and not feel pushed and understood. I admire Paul because I watch him discuss having a "thorn in his flesh" and I feel like I can relate on so many levels.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn’t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,
My grace is enough; it’s all you need.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.
Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.
Paul wrote these words and I feel so many emotions while reading it. He had a thorn in his flesh he desperately wanted removed. I am there. But Paul still lived a life FULL of Christ. It pushes me to remember that even though I feel broken from this "thorn in my flesh"... I CAN be used by Him!
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