Realistic Assessment

I know some of my posts have been spiritually anemic lately. For that, I'm sorry. I pray that you hang in there with me, and don't abandon my blog. Although I write it mainly for myself, it's heartwarming to know that a handful of you out there care enough to follow along.

To tell you the truth, I'm struggling with some things that are affecting me deeply on many levels. I don't entertain the notion, even for one second, that I've got the market cornered on trials or trouble. I know we're all facing something in our lives that needs to be tackled head-on, or at least acknowledged. To be honest, the issues are some that most of us have faced at one time or another in our lives.

I'm talking about things like eliminating crushing debt, meeting the constant needs of a large family, properly processing the stresses of raising children and teenagers, dealing with office politics and truly living in a manner that will honor God on a daily basis.

Sometimes, it all gets to be too much to handle. I often feel like a failure. Thankfully, I believe deep down in my core being that God is in the business of renovation and restoration. I cling to the Word when it says that God can use the weak and lowly of the world for His purposes.

1 Corinthians 1:25-31 (Amplified Bible)

25[This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger than men. 26For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth.

27[No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. 28And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are,

29So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorying and] boast in the presence of God. 30But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin]. 31So then, as it is written, Let him who boasts and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly rejoice and glory in the Lord.

Good Night