Weak? I Think Not!

READING 2 Corinthians 12:9b-10

I willingly boast of my weakness, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I am content with weakness, with mistreatment, with distress, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ; for when I am powerless, it is then that I am strong.

When I got up this morning, I was sick as a dog. Stuffed and coughing, I felt so weak that I just crawled right back into bed. And yet it is at those times that I clearly understand what God asks me to do. I have just gotten out of bed and in that weakness, when I felt I could just do nothing, I processed the final ideas for tomorrow's homilies. God seems to work that way. When we are at our lowest point we can really hear God and respond. I think because we are so busy and so wrapped up in the world and our selves that we never give a chance to really hear what God has to offer to us. And when these moments hit, when we are forced to shut down and shut out the would because we just can't do it, that is when God's whisper becomes loud and clear. Remember that Elijah heard God's voice, but in the whisper of a gentle breeze, not booming storms and thunderous roars. Use what quiet time you have. Do not wait for your body to force these on you by fatigue or sickness. And as you have more of these times when you hear Him, you will have more time to love Him.