“Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; God’s
understanding is beyond measure”. Psalm 147:5
I know a variety of helpers: teachers, pastors,
nurses, social workers, doctors, therapists, spiritual directors, rabbi’s, and
imams; and I recognize a look in their eyes right now. I see that same look in my bathroom
mirror. A helpless, inadequate, over
whelmed, I-am-not-enough, exhausted and anxious look as we confront the extremity
of our world’s problems and realities with COVID-19.
Do you feel small in comparison to all that needs to
be done? I do. Do you feel as though you
are not enough? I do. And it is overwhelming, isn’t it?!
The illusion of my strength has been stripped away
from me. I am vulnerable not just to the
harshness of a contagious disease, but also I am vulnerable to how this disease
and its disruption impacts others in our world.
And I do not like that truth nor vulnerability.
And yet, the longer I sit with the awareness of my
limitation and the more I read sacred scripture I understand more clearly the
majesty and greatness of our God who loves us.
As I reflect on how large, immense, and powerful our God is I recognize
that I was never supposed to be everything to all people nor have super powers
to defeat all things. That is not who I am called to be. I am not supposed to be and do BIG
problems...our GOD handles those. I am best as I am while allowing GOD to be/do
God’s thing!
Limitless and relentless ...power, strength, hope,
love, and peace pour forth from our GOD. Maybe that is what the Apostle Paul
was trying to explain in his second letter to the church in Corinth when he
wrote, “But (Christ) he said to me, “My
grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that
Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in
weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For
when I am weak, then I am strong”(2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
When
I recognize my limitations and open myself for God to move with infinite love,
power, and grace- then my weakness is fertile soil for God’s might to grow.
Prayer
God of Power and Might, heaven and earth are full of
our glory; where my limitations end, may that be the beginning of your unending
grace to be more than sufficient for myself and those within my care. You are
enough and all that I need. Thank you for providing. Amen.
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