Eggplant debacle

I think that the picture speaks for itself, but if it doesn't, feel free to ask away. The answer is boring...I was too tired to be cooking at my normal thinking level!

Don't you just hate it sometimes!

Yesterday God and I had a little argument in the car. I had just been berated and belittled by a parent via phone, and I was crying brokenheartedly when God reminded me:

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

This is the verse I had been meditating on yesterday morning. My comments to God went something like this: "Just because you place a verse on my heart less than 12 hours ago, doesn't mean you have to give me a chance to live it out right away!"

And God just chuckled, "Of course it does."

Don't you just hate it sometimes when God immediately provides an opportunity for you to live out His word immediately! Guess He has to hit me while it's still fresh in my mind, forgetful as I am. Needless to say I'm trying to delight in weaknesses and insults and trying not to dwell on the untruths that so want to penetrate my heart.

Independent?

So I'm posting, try not to die of shock! It won't be a long post because I have to get back to the school grind, but I thought I'd share this interesting revelation I've been mulling over for the last week and a half.

When Lori and I met a few weeks ago, we were talking about helplessness, and how it is a frowned upon attribute in our society, but a coveted attribute in our walk with God. It then hit me...

In our society, as we age and grow the goal is to become more independent. Parents try to train their kids so that they can eventually leave and survive on their own. But this is counter to what God asks of us. As we grow more in our relationship with God, our goal, or rather His goal for us, is to recognize our dependence on Him.

It is so hard for us to admit we are helpless, incapable, that we are in need of guidance, but that is the exact humility God is asking of us. So one of my new goals is to admit I need help. I want to become more dependent on the Maker, be more honest about my brokenness and short comings. Scary goal? Absolutely! Freeing decision? Absolutely!