Mind of Steel

3/30/12

I feel fragile.  I feel like I might just fall apart.  I do not even know why I feel fragile.  The harshness of life all around me just comes down around me.  I realize that I have nothing to offer myself or anyone around me.  I cannot make sick people well.  I cannot make marriages be good.  I cannot make family members love one another.  I cannot straighten out anyone’s finances.  I can’t even fill the void that screams and aches in my own self.  My wisdom is limited.  My advice is not always the best.  I am so very fragile.  It is here when I am in this state that I can admit that I am wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.  (Revelation 3:17) 

However, God has placed within me a spoonful of faith.  Faith that tells me this world that I touch and feel is not all there is.  God is Spirit.  God’s Spirit lives in me.  His Spirit living in me will be the hope to the woman sitting beside me,  the hope for my sick little girl, the hope for the marriages around me falling apart,  the hope to fill the void within me,  the hope that makes my fragile state dissipate,  the hope that infuses my mind, emotions and will with strength. With this strength I can face anything or anyone.

I have a mind of steel.

     

“Praise the Father, Praise the Son, Praise the Spirit Three in One.”

Such a mystery.  God in me.  I cannot comprehend this amazing God we serve.  When I am weak, then I am strong.  Amen.