QUOTE FOR TODAY - 11/9/23
🙏Prayer is not bending God to my will, but it is bringing my will into conformity with God's will, so that His works may work in and through me
- E Stanley Jones
The grace you need this week is not found in your own strength, but in the quiet admission of your weakness.
Paul wrote, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” It is an odd comfort, isn’t it? We would rather the power show up *despite* the struggle, not directly *in* it. Yet the promise stands. The cracks are where the light gets in. This week, think of the people in your orbit. The coworker just barely holding the line. The family member masking their exhaustion. The friend who feels invisible. We are a community of people walking around with hidden cracks, pretending we are whole. What would it look like to share the burden instead of the performance? Lord, we bring them to you now. The ones who are stretching a thin amount of energy over an impossible list. The ones who are fighting a quiet battle no one sees. Meet them right there. We do not ask for the struggle to vanish, but for your sufficient grace to fill the space it leaves. Let your power settle into the tired places of their hearts. Give them a moment of peace today. Give them someone who sees ...
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