When It's Hard · Failure & Shame
Feeling Not Enough
For when you feel: inadequate, imposter, everyone's better, falling short
And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
The MinuteHomily
You sit in the room half convinced that everyone else belongs there and you slipped in by mistake. Paul knew a weakness like that. He asked God three separate times to take it away, and the answer was no, and then the answer was better than yes. "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness." Notice what God did not say. He did not say you are sufficient, which is the self-help version, the one that collapses on a bad day. He said His grace is, and the grace never runs out, so you plus grace equals enough every single time. Strength made perfect in weakness means your inadequacy is the very opening His power prefers. You were never supposed to be self-sufficient. Nobody is. Bring the weakness, and let Him bring the strength.
By the MinuteHomily editors
A prayer for this moment
Lord, I run out: of ability, of confidence, of me. Be strong exactly where I'm not, and let Your sufficiency be the thing people see. Amen.
“Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.”
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Hymns for this moment
“How Can I Keep from Singing” · trad.
“In the Lord I'll Be Ever Thankful” · Taizé
One small step
Trade one "I can't" today for "His grace is sufficient", said out loud.
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