Grace ~

I have a challenge for us this Lenten season: let's meet God in our weakness.  It's not about having enough will-power to give up french fries or chocolate or coffee.  It's not about "self-power"; it's all about "Spirit-power!"  Jesus' anxiety shown in the drops of sweated blood is as real as the worries that trouble your soul. But Jesus' resounding cry, shouting, "It is finished!" is as sure as the hope that we have.  Jesus paid it all.  May we know this power, the power of his resurrection.

Everyday, I pray that we will be brought to a point at which we say, "Father, I cannot be stretched any further; I cannot go any longer.  I need you..."  No matter what that point may be--whether craving the food item we gave up or feeling as though we cannot wash a single dish more after such a long day.  May we welcome that time of weakness, and I pray we will encounter Him there.

Warmest blessings to you this Lent season,

"And after you have suffered a little while,

the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ,

will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you."

1 Peter 5:10

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"For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with

weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities.

For when I am weak, then I am strong."

2 Corinthians 12:10

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