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For a Little While…

“Let me carry you for a little while…”

I hear it whispered in every gift He sends.

Still, I try - try to walk, to run, to give…

But my hands are so empty and my footing unsure.

I will fall, I know this - for I’m shaken and weak…

My hands are bruised for my trying - and still I fall.

Then, whispering…whispering softly I hear Him say,

“Why struggle so vainly…be still - be still…

Just let me carry you a little while longer.”

In my stillness I feel His power…In my weakness, He is strong.

Yet, in my stillness I travel further than I would have ever gone alone.

In His arms I am stronger than I was before…

For it is there that I am who I was created to be.

…it is there that I am truly free. -A.L.B.



Strength in my Weakness

So, as I wrote before I’ve been feeling… “blah” all day. I just thought it was all of the rain.

Then, as i was blow-drying my hair, I noticed my underarms looked… weird - swollen. I took my temp.: Fever, again! Now I know why I haven’t felt well the past couple of days. I haven’t just been uninspired - I’ve been sick.

But, tomorrow is Sunday… at C3. So, I need to be well. It will get me over my case of the “blahs”.

There’s a wealth of inspiration to be found there.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never by yours.” Dale Carnegie.

The mission, the love, even the struggle… these things inspire me - they give me strength… even when, physically, I’m so far from it. Mother Teresa wrote:

There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.”

So, I will find my happiness, inspiration, and strength in these things. She (Mother Teresa) also wrote:

Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.”

How inspiring! The Word explains it well in 2 Corinthians 12:9:

He told me, ‘My grace is enough; it’s all you need. 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.” (The Message)

Peace.