Psalm 124; 2 Cor. 11-13

Been praying to learn to give it / this away and now that it looks like there might be hope to learn I can't waste a moment in SHAME at how freakin long it is taking me....can't waste a moment worrying about what it will look like, at beating myself up w/lack of communication skills......to not move and LISTEN, learn....be obedient to what I hear and am taught.....and I do Abba, more than anything want to learn to give it away.

So, this verse THIS morning means alot....2 Cor. 12: 7-10Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn't get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap (failure) to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan's angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn't think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then 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.

And then he goes on to tell us to check ourselves before we wreck ourselves..loosely translated of course..... and the only way I have found is to daily come here and allow YOU to soften me so others can TEACH me....I am a stubborn slow learner....hopefully that is something else YOU are changing in me....