Ponderize: 2 Corinthians 12:8

Life has been pretty busy and chaotic with work, school, and trying to balance everything else in between. However, I have been continuing my efforts to ponderize a scripture but somethings have taken less priorities than other things.

This scripture from 2 Corinthians has been the theme for my life these past couple of weeks and I have continued to think on these verses daily. It reads:

La Jolla Cove

"For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong." 2 Corinthians 12:8-10

We have all had trials and tribulations. Many of us have things we have to deal with day in and day out. And most of the time we ask for these things to be taken from us. I have felt myself on my knees at the feet of my Savior pleading He would take the trial away or just the pain.

You may find yourself, or found yourself, in a similar situation as Paul, pleading endlessly with the Lord to take away these things but only to find them still with you. During these times we wonder why we are going through these things and the point of it all.

There is a powerful lesson that Paul teaches us in these verses through his own experience of petitioning the Lord to take his trials. That same lesson I have come to learn personally, which is everything we go through will make us better in the end. When we find ourselves in situations where the trial is too great and we have sent our petitions above, but no relief comes remember that your weakness will become a strength.

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When we enter the arena of a trial we come out different then we were in the beginning and that is the whole point of it. The arena is our testing ground and building ground to become better through the battles we face. If we never entered the arena we would not become the end result but will remain the same. It is through difficulties and trials that we are changed. Growth and understanding is yielded through such things. If we stayed inside we would never know the beauty that lies beyond the walls that we are confined.

My trials have made me better. They have not been easy, there have been many trials where I have asked "why me?" and even wished to not have some trials but I would not change them for the world. They have taught me so much and have produced so much more of who I am today. Our trials make us stronger. My crazy life right now is helping me to become better, my depression helps me to see the good in the world even when its too hard to do, and my anxiety induced grad class is helping me to become better even though it is hard. All that I have gone through, am going through, and will go through will be difficult but I will come out better in the end because of them all. We should not shrink away from such infirmities but press forward having a hope that things will get better, because they will. The storm only last for so long and then the day will come when will witness that sun that has always been there behind the storm, still shining down on us.