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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Thorn in the flesh in my life

This blog post is about a frustration in my life that has been going on for quite some time.  This frustration I will relate to a passage in the Bible when Paul discusses his Thorn in the flesh.
This Thorn/frustration in my life has plagued me since my high school years.  It has been my Achilles heel wherever I go and whatever that I do.  It is one of those where you just get so frustrated that you go crazy inside because it won't allow you do other things.  Thorn in flesh is a very simple act but involves a lot of quick thinking.  It takes a lot of reacting on the fly to things.
This Thorn in the flesh that I am describing is one of a problem dealing with my ability to drive myself.  It has been a frustrating thing for me all of my life.  It started my junior year in high school with a car wreck and then I had another wreck my senior year of high school.  The wreck in the middle senior year of high school wasn't my self though.  In between the first and second wreck I was really frustrated with my life though I ended up using my weakness as strength as Paul as in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
Scholars debate what Paul's thorn in the flesh was.  Some believe it could be the result of physical conditions such as an epilepsy, convulsive attacks, malaria,and Malta fever.  Paul's thorn in the flesh also may be the result of an something to do with bad vision.  This is due to the reference to Paul's writing in large print in Galatians 6:1.  It is also discussed that Paul wrote the salutation to 2 Thessalonians 3:17 and 1 Cor 16:21.
Paul says this thorn was put in place in order that he not be conceited.  He believes that it was used as an instrument for his faith.
 In verses nine and 10 shows how God uses him in his weakness,he says in verse 9, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."    "For when I am weak, then I am strong."
The apostle Paul gives us an example of how God used this frustrating thing in his life to grow in faith.  We are the delight in these hardships and frustrating things that are thrown at us in our life.  Paul was able to trust God in any and all situations.
God helped me my my strength in my weakness after I went through a hard time in my life at the end of junior year of high school before my senior year.   He gave me the strength to trust in him again when I was going through a hard time in my life.  God gave me the ability to trust in his power in my life again when I couldn't trust in him from the end of the spring that year to the summer of that year.  I was before that time in a mood of depression and despair of not knowing where life will take me anymore.  I wanted to be left alone before this awakening in my life occurred.
I still battle this thorn in the flesh today.  It still frustrates me that I am not able to drive by myself.  I have tried everything and it still has not worked out for me. I drove with a police officer while attending Alvin Community College.  I drove with this women from a driving school in the Fort Worth area and did well for a while before my bad reaction time came back to hunt me.
The only to do really is to try to trust in God's plan for the future.  That, God will use my weakness to help me  grow in some way though it is a frustrating thing for me right now.

1 comment:

  1. I love you Snoop. YOu're awesome. Great post. thanks for your heart.

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