March 7, 2011

Yesterday, Sunday School and church, small group because a lot of them were still in Minot.  Cando won the state basketball tournament.  After church dad and I ate and he left for Minot for Air symposium and I went home.  There is a family coming to church that are looking for a farm place, they followed me and looked at both houses, I think they are interested in O'Brien house.  I ate with sr. at supper and spent the evening here at home.

Beyond Your Limitations


"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses,
but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without
sin."

--Hebrews 4:15

I woke up this morning thinking, "Here we go again. Another day of someone giving
me a bed bath, getting me dressed, and plopping me in my wheelchair." No sooner
did that irritating thought escape than Hebrews 4:15 came to mind. Jesus tasted
the boredom of routine. He knew the pain of limitations. In short, He sympathizes.
He understands. He's been there. And Jesus was the one who brought to my mind that
little verse in order to quiet my frustrations and give me a brighter perspective
on the day.

Look closer. It says that Jesus can sympathize with our weaknesses in every way.
 The Lord did not share only partially in our weaknesses, but fully. There's not
 an emotion with which you wrestle that Christ has not first felt its sting. And
 He did it for a reason. Jesus took on our limitations so that you and I could break
beyond them.

Jesus deserved glory, but He humbled Himself. He deserved love, but He took the
full blow of people's hatred. Jesus deserved comfort, but He hardly had a place
to call home. This is good news for anyone who feels humiliated and rejected. It's
even good news for someone who's homeless! For this is the extent to which Jesus
 sympathized with our weaknesses.

You are Lord over every one of my weaknesses, whether they are emotional, physical,
mental, or spiritual. That's why I boast in my weaknesses for I know that Your power
rests upon me when I present to You all my shortcomings. Thank You for giving me
 the grace to delight in my limitations, for through them, I am drawn closer to
You.