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Thank God for Your Thorn!

Diamonds,
I just wanted to let someone who needs to know this morning that whatever you may be going through God will see you through!

He may not remove that particular thorn from your flesh because it's being used as a buffer to keep you grounded and humble...totally dependent and reliant on Him from moment to moment, day to day.  You're beautiful Diamond, but so that you don't think more highly than you ought to; so that you don't become conceited with your fine self, that thorn you have been praying and asking God to remove has a purpose.  It's not there to torment you but to remind you that where you are and the position that you hold is because of the grace of God.

It's not because of any good thing that you have done but it's because of the grace of God.  He is the Giver of every good and perfect gift.  Therefore, any good thing that you can boast about or in is all because of God's goodness and His generosity!  So you can even thank and boast in that thorn because that thorn is a reminder that God's grace is sufficient for you; for the power of God is made perfect in our weakness. (2 Corinthians 12: 9) Paul said that he would rather boast in his weakness so that the power of Christ may rest upon him.  The power that will enable you to stand even when everyone around you thinks that you are standing alone!

Paul asked God 3x's to remove it but it wasn't that his request went unanswered but that he received revelation of it's usefulness in his life.  Remember, God can use us as long as we are useful and not full of ourselves.  When we and if we ever get to the point where we forget about who it is that called us and saw any redeemable quality within us, it is He who deserves all of the glory!

We are only as fine as long as it's the light of God shining from within and through us in order to be a blessing to others!



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