My strength is made perfect in weakness. —2 Corinthians 12:9 - TopicsExpress



          

My strength is made perfect in weakness. —2 Corinthians 12:9 Diamonds are beautiful and valuable gemstones, but their beginning is common carbon—black, dirty, and combustible. Through years of intense heat and high pressure, they become pure and strong. This makes them a good metaphor for spiritual strength; God uses intense outside forces to rid us of impurities and to perfect His strength in us. God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness, says the apostle Paul (2 Cor. 12:9). I wish this were not true because I hate being weak. When we experience the fiery furnace of suffering—whether physical or emotional, whether persecution from without or humiliation from within—God’s loving purpose is to make us pure and strong. God uses testing in our lives
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:39:53 +0000

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