Comments on: Tears in Heaven http://www.hillelfriends.org/blog/2006/09/03/tears-in-heaven/ Explain here what the weblog is about. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:46:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Amanda http://www.hillelfriends.org/blog/2006/09/03/tears-in-heaven/#comment-16 Amanda Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.hillelfriends.org/blog/?p=17#comment-16 April, this beautiful blog entry encourages me that God is truly breaking through your dark and heavy sufferings. It is true that Christ is hoping to grow us through our sufferings into the most that He has created us to be. But I think it can also be the hardest thing to realize and accept while in the midst of suffering. And I am so gladdened that you have heard God's whisperings through the pain. Consider Paul's sufferings that he talks about in the end of 2 Cor. 11 and into 12. It seems he has suffered more than any of us can imagine, and when he asks God to take away this thorn in his side, the Lord replies: "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." The more Paul suffers, the more he recognizes his weaknesses and thus turns to rely on God. In brokeness we are made humble and beautiful. God shows up in power through these. April, may you boast in your weaknesses as Paul did b/c I already see the beauty and power of God showing through you! April, this beautiful blog entry encourages me that God is truly breaking through your dark and heavy sufferings. It is true that Christ is hoping to grow us through our sufferings into the most that He has created us to be. But I think it can also be the hardest thing to realize and accept while in the midst of suffering. And I am so gladdened that you have heard God’s whisperings through the pain.
Consider Paul’s sufferings that he talks about in the end of 2 Cor. 11 and into 12. It seems he has suffered more than any of us can imagine, and when he asks God to take away this thorn in his side, the Lord replies: “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” The more Paul suffers, the more he recognizes his weaknesses and thus turns to rely on God. In brokeness we are made humble and beautiful. God shows up in power through these.
April, may you boast in your weaknesses as Paul did b/c I already see the beauty and power of God showing through you!

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