Weakness to strength

"But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

I had a father wound I couldn’t heal. I tried to run from it for 25 years. I tried to numb it with all kinds of illicit methods but that was just dealing with the symptoms and not the root cause. Then in desperation I gave Jesus my life. He healed me.

The world says to fix yourself and deal with your pain in your own ways. But what happens when your own ways don’t work? What happens when we are so burdened by our pain and brokenness that we feel like we’re just going through the motions, or even worse like we’re suffocating? Where do we turn? I tried everything the world told me could help me: business success, money, a house on the beach in S California but none of it satisfied. I tried to run from my pain, use drugs and alcohol to cover it or hide from it, but when the buzz wore off I was only worse off than before. I tried to satisy my flesh through sex but it felt empty without true love. In fact, it was impossible for me to feel love because I felt worthless, like I had no value, because the affirmation and affection I sought from my dad was absent, then abandoned when he chose another family over his own.

Pain and suffering are real. The world says they are weakness, but in my weakness I found the courage to ask Jesus if He was real, and if so if He could help heal me. To my surprise, He did. He spoke deep truth into my life about how much He loved me, about how He was always with me and how He still had a great plan for my life. He taught me how you forgive my father, how to love him even when his actions made me want to despise him, and how to set me free from the toxicity of unforgiveness, which is like drinking poison and hoping the other person gets sick.

Jesus is real, He is God and He loves us. I was shocked but so glad He came to my rescue just in time. The world will say that I was weak, but if the goal is truly being dependent on God, then when I am weak, I am strong indeed, because I know in my weakness how much I need a Savior. Jesus is the only One who can truly save us. just ask Him to reveal himself to you, and He promises He will, as He did for me. What are you waiting for, your whole world is about to change with one bold step of confession and trust!

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