Power in Weakness

I don't want to give the impression that I don't struggle.  Multiple Sclerosis is no picnic.  I have days when my body feels weighed down by heavy sand bags and I can't seem to keep a coherent thought in my head.  I struggle with prioritizing my day and with meal planning.  And at the end of the day I am often too fatigued to have a conversation with my husband.   I have trouble remembering names of people I meet even 5 minutes after hearing their names for the first time.  I can't control my left ankle so my foot is constantly catching on the floor and I have fallen or nearly fallen countless times.  I could do an entire post all about my struggles with MS.  

But I am too occupied with the Lord to pay any real attention to my physical struggles.   And I have found that my faith truly IS stronger because I have MS.  God's strength is made perfect in my weakness. Because I am so weak due to MS, I am strong- bold for Christ like I wasn't before.   I am confident in who I am because God says I am HIS and I am proud to call Him Father!  

This morning during our worship service a man stood up and spoke and the thing he said that really resonated with me was that "We need to pray out loud with our hearts!"  

So, I DO have my struggles but God has overcome those struggles in my life and I have His protection - through an incurable, often debilitating illness ironically.  

And I have SO MUCH armor on that I am able to withstand these trials in these troubled times.

‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭ESV‬‬

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

Hang in there and lean on Christ who is all sufficient!