Weakness.

March 9th, 2018

God did not make us to be strong; in fact, He made us to be weak, so we can find our strength through Him. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

As Humans we cannot understand why things happen to us. We also believe that we have to be strong and not show our weaknesses. Here in 2 Corinthians God literally tells us He did not make us to be strong!

To some people this seems weird or selfish or whatever but there is a purpose for that. God made us weak so we can be strong through Him. By our weaknesses we seek God and His strength.

God made us weak so we can understand His love for us.

Yes, He allows “rough patches” through life but with God we can make it through anything, and God always has a reason for everything.

Our God is greater than any person, place or trial we face on this Earth. We just have to reach out and seek His help. Grab ahold of His strength!

February 22, 2021

I wrote that almost three years ago, 7 months before I started Gracefully Broken.

As I look back on all of my previous blog posts, I sit here and think who was that person? Because it was definitely not me who wrote that. I feel like at this moment I would be so incapable to write that.

And I am.

Because I did not write those blog post on my own. Honestly, the only part I had in it was typing it out and posting it online. But God spoke it to me, He gave me the words to write and the strength and courage to post them on the internet.

So, why have I not been able to write anything since October and before that April. I have been wondering this for so long. Have I just lost my ability to write? Has God stopped speaking to me? No.

I have lost my desire to write and I have chosen not to write about what He is speaking to me. Why?

To be completely honest, I am weak. I have drifted far away from where I was when I first started writing. Oh, how easy it was to write back then. The words practically flowed out. But now, I can maybe write two sentences and nothing else. And it is because I am weak.

You know, I was weak back then too. But the difference is back then I relied on God to give me strength. Back then I was not scared to write for everyone to see. Back then in my weaknesses I sought out God and allowed Him to be my strength.

Unfortunately, that has not been the case for me here lately. I have allowed myself to be consumed by my weaknesses instead of used because of my weaknesses. I have allowed myself to believe that I am incapable of being used by God. I have allowed myself to seep into a dark place where I cannot seem to find my way out.

The biggest one of all, I have allowed myself to forget what 2 Corinthians says. That we are made weak so that we can find our strength in Him.

I have allowed myself to pretend that I am not weak and that I can get out of this dark place on my own. Honestly, that is probably the scariest mindset to have. Because with that mindset I will never find my way out of the dark. I will never realize the love God has for me. I will never realize the strength that He is capable of giving me.

I mentioned back in 2018, that our God is greater than any person, place or trial we face on this Earth. We just have to reach out and seek His help. Grab ahold of His strength! I did not realize then that I wrote that for myself now. But what an amazing reminder that God is greater than me.

So many times, I try to fix my situations, but like I said I am never going to have the strength to overcome the trials I face if I don’t face them with strength given by God. And I will never have that strength if I do not go to Him in my weakness.

-H