Despite the negativity of some of the comments in this post, this is exactly what I needed to hear (or read rather). It’s one of those posts that has spoken directly to me and you can take at least a little comfort in knowing you have blessed myself as a church worker (parish evangelist) in the midst of all the crap going on in my life.

Oh,…and for those who think that Jesus was never ‘weak’ I believe you are looking in the wrong context. The weakness David talks about is not whether Jesus has the “ability” to do what he wants or not, but rather echoes what the Son of God proclaimed on the crosss: ‘My God, my God, why have you foresaken me?!’

Consider this: If God is Holy, and Holy means “separate from sin” we would realize God is “absolutely pure.” When the Lord Jesus Christ took our sin on Himself, when the Father laid on the Son “the iniquity of us all,” the Holy Father could not be with Him. The crushing weight of mankind’s sin was borne all alone by Christ, separated from the presence of the Father.

…the crushing weight of mankinds sin.
Jesus WAS in weakness.

BUT his weakness was overcome by the power of God, with the ressurection and assention. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Well Done.

Thank You.

Sarah

My wife has been on dialysis for 23 years. She is down to 93 pounds and her body is becoming frail. She broke her first bone a couple of months ago. But as weak as her body is, her strength of spirit is stronger than any person’s that I have ever heard of. Even those who underwent torure in prison camps. Why? She at this moment, after 70-80 surgeries and their complications now has cronic pain issues. She takes painkillers that would knock you or me out for a couple of days, just to make it through. She does a whole wife’s trdaitional role, and will not let me help. She gets angry if I help. Through all of her troubles, she has made her dreams come true. They are simple, but still very difficult. Find true love, she has in me, and it is amazing. Have a family. She was not supposed to have kids while on dialysis. She got pregnant anyway and carried to 33 weeks then had our daughter. She is fine. Then after a miscarriage, we adopted. Tough to do while on dialysis, but she accoplished that anyway. Now she wants to live long enough to watch her kids grow up.

With all of the pain that she goes through. She says no complaints. She accomplishes her tasks. She fights her way through each day, because of the strength of her love for us.

Being weak in spirit, but being willing to admit that there is weakness, is strength. Having the strength to defy conventional constructs. This is also Strength.

I am very strong. In faith, in body and mind. Yet weak in denying certain things.

Strength and weakness go hand in hand.