To all the broken people out there
This is my first blog.......I made it for people who know they are broken. For those who have tried over and over and over and over again. But don't seem to make it.....I am 46 years old. I am a cancer survivor. I am a graduate form the United States Naval Academy, with a Bachelors in Physics. I taught motion graphics, digital compositing, authoring, and web design at New England Institute of Technology and New England Christian Academy.......and I am broken. I have been broken for most of my life.
I am a born again-christian. I gave my life to Christ at age 11 after reading "The Cross and the Switchblade". God has used me in these 45 years to lead men, women, boys, and girls to Christ. I have disciples many people in the faith. i have participated in large events where hundreds and have to Christ. Yet I am broke.
It bothered me, until I realized, that God was using my brokenness, to do His will. My brokenness, is not a weakness but a strength, because it makes me get on my knees and rely on HIM alone. The Apostle Paul opened up about his brokenness in II Corinthians 12:7-10 (message paraphrase)
"Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn’t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,
I am a born again-christian. I gave my life to Christ at age 11 after reading "The Cross and the Switchblade". God has used me in these 45 years to lead men, women, boys, and girls to Christ. I have disciples many people in the faith. i have participated in large events where hundreds and have to Christ. Yet I am broke.
It bothered me, until I realized, that God was using my brokenness, to do His will. My brokenness, is not a weakness but a strength, because it makes me get on my knees and rely on HIM alone. The Apostle Paul opened up about his brokenness in II Corinthians 12:7-10 (message paraphrase)
"Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn’t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,
My grace is enough; it’s all you need.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.
Once
I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the
handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s
strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and
with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse,
accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so
the weaker I get, the stronger I become."
Therefor, i am in good company
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