It's All in the Timing

For he says, “At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you.” See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation!

2 Corinthians 6:2

I was in the Ash Wednesday service at Peace Lutheran in Charlottesville this week. The past week had been pretty stressful because I had some pretty major things hanging over my head. I had gotten them done earlier in the day and I felt tons better. As I listened to these words in the service, they spoke to me. I remembered someone saying that sometimes God's time is waiting for us to be ready. I felt like that was what happened to me. I had to be ready to take a step on my own, and that was what made the time right for things to work out. In the same way we are not meant to be a passive people, but to act out our faith on a daily basis.

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God's Grace is Sufficient

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV)

This is from the second lesson this upcoming Sunday. I've been thinking about it a lot since I'm giving a sermon on it this Sunday. The first verse is about God's grace, and the second is Paul saying that we are strong when we are weak because God gives us strength. I've been clinging to that a lot this past week.





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