⁹ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.”

Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. (2 Corinthians 12:9 CSB)

I am a big man. I think no one would argue that I am also a pretty extreme extrovert. However, I am so proud to boast all the more about my weakness, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

I am glad that people see me most often for my strength. But those who really know me know what a softy I am on the inside. As I have gotten older that has only increased. I seek today to walk more in humbleness than in my strength. I seek more to show love through that soft interior that Christ has fostered within me. I still have many foibles, as God knows, and like everyone else many weaknesses. But the Spirit is perfecting in me a humble nature that uses my strength and my weaknesses in ways different from the worlds interpretation or expectation.

I am at a point where I can say this and accept the work God is doing within me. Some days I walk this path easily and others I struggle with it. This is human nature. This too is how Christ works within every believers life.

Weakness can truly be a strength in the believers life.