Musings and Nuggets

 Paul was given a "thorn in the flesh" to keep him from being puffed up or arrogant.  Scripture tells us that he begged God three times to remove it (heal him).  Scripture doesn't identify the nature of the thorn, but scholars agree that it was physical. Each time God's response was, "My grace is all you need.  My power works best in weakness. ( 2 Corinthians 12:8 NLT ).   In other words, God's answer was "No."  Instead of having a pity party, Paul accepted God's answer, adjusted his attitude, and continued to allow the Lord to use him in ministry inspite of the his discomfort. Earlier this year, there was a young adult with whom I developed a really close relationship as she was going through a very challenging time with her health.  As we prayed for God's healing, all the good numbers were going up and the bad ones were going down.  God was answering our requests.  We planned a day of activities so that she could put appointments, tests, b

                          Photo by Humble Lamb on Unsplash For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword. piercing to the division of soul and the spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning  the thoughts and intentions of the heart.                                                            Hebrews 4:12 (ESV)  I am sharing something this week that I ran across that I felt was really worth sharing.  I hope that you think so also.                                                        * THE BIBLE                                                      This Book   contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of believers.  Its doctrines are holy , its precepts are binding , its histories are true and its decisions are immutable .  Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe and practice it to be holy.  Its contains light to direct you, food to support you and comfort to cheer you.  Photo by Glenn Cart