Weakness

None of us got it all together. I know I don't! The past few days have been a process of coming to grips with that reality all over again. Not only am I a hopeless sinner without Christ, but I am stricken with innate human weaknesses that I cannot overcome.

I'd like to think that I'm a very organized person...but I'm not. I'd like to think that I'm a great planner...but I'm not. I'd like to think that I produce best when I have total freedom with no guidelines...but I don't. And just last night, I finally realized that that's okay!

God has wired each of us so differently; we think, speak, and act in certain ways. Even if we were all raised by the same parents in the same neighborhood under the same circumstances, we would still be very different in the way we viewed and interacted with the world. Each of us would lead very different lives based on our strengths...and weaknesses...both given to us by God.

That's why I'm okay with it. I believe that I (and everyone else in the world) have been intentionally designed and hand-crafted by God himself. I believe that He put certain dreams within me that I could achieve because He also planted the necessary gifts within in me to make them happen (with His help).

I've decided not to fret or buck up against my weaknesses anymore; they are what they are, and that's why God has given me a wife and friends who are gifted where I'm not. We complete each other (yeah, I know that's a lil' cheesy, but it's true!). In Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham writes that we should stop trying to "manange our weakesses" and start living our strengths; it's simple, yet profound...and a lot easier, I think!

There is strength in knowing your weaknesses...once you know them, you can accept them and stop worrying about them!