"My Grace Is Sufficient"

I don't know if I've ever been quite this busy before. Maybe. Going to school full-time on top of work has literally taken nearly every waking hour, including most weekends. I'm tempted to want to do the easy thing and drop something, but it seems like God has other plans right now, and since He's all-knowing, perfect, and loves me bunches, I'm doing my best just to hang on tight. He is so, so good. I keep loosing focus on Him and start fretting, knowing realistically (from a human standpoint) I can't keep this pace without going crazy.

 The past few weeks have been nothing short of a miracle. During the final weeks of last quarter, I made some serious mistakes, due to the fact there was so much going and my focus wasn't always in one spot. Two weeks into Winter Quarter, and God has given me a supernatural ability to keep my focus on one thing at a time. 

2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 9And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Even though my situation is a vast contrast from Paul's (most of what I'm doing is for my education and career), that Scripture is so encouraging. His power is made perfect in our weakness. Oh, for grace to trust Him more!

Thankful for a Monday with time for an afternoon walk with Sweet Pea (13). 

Hold fast to Jesus!