Elisabeth Elliot: In our weakness, He is strong

Tripp arrives home today after being gone for 13 days. During that time, one of my special needs sons has been having major issues, so I am hopeful a little touch of Daddy will give him the security he seems to be missing. In the meantime, I've been through bouts of despair and I-can't-do-this-anymore. Grateful I'm an optimist at heart because those feelings come and go like storm clouds.  I just have to keep looking for the rainbow.



Anyway, I like what Elisabeth Elliot says:

Content to be Weak

What
weakness are you feeling today? The inability to manage circumstances
that cry out to be changed? Helplessness in the face of another's deep
need, or of evil you have to watch perpetrated on others you love? A
sense of inadequacy for some task laid upon you? Physical weakness or
pain? The need for power to forgive an injury or keep silence about
unjust accusations against you?

Christ
has been there before you. Every form of human limitation He knew, and
out of that utter poverty we have been made strong. Yet, again and
again, in the life of each disciple, comes the experience of weakness in
order that we may live His life for others.

"We who share His weakness shall by the power of God live with Him in your service" (2 Cor 13:4 NEB).

This
sharing of His weakness is one aspect of the death of the cross, one of
the conditions of our discipleship, and hence cause for joy rather than
bitterness. For we walk the road, not alone, but with Christ, "well
content to be weak at any time if only you are strong" (2 Cor 13:9 NEB).
The mystery is constantly being worked out--strength out of weakness,
life out of death.

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