Weak. But God Still Loves Me!

“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!”
Psalm 139:17

Fifteen years I was diagnosed with a rare degenerative condition.

That was a time in my life when I didn’t like myself.
I didn’t like my body.
I didn’t like the hand I was dealt.
I didn’t like being lonely.
I didn’t like my sinfulness.
I didn’t like my thoughts.
I didn’t like the world.

It’s hard to have optimism and hope as you watch your body self-destruct.
It’s depressing. It’s lonely.
It leads to wicked thoughts…
even though Christians are supposed to know better and have all the right answers.

I was in a place where men in white coats could only look at me, shrug their shoulders, and gently say, “there is no cure for you.”

But God had a cure.
He had a cure for the sadness and depression I was feeling inside…a torment that was far WORSE than my physical ailment.

It was in seeking Him that I found the peace in the midst of that hurricane…
an ability to sleep well and live with hope even when the future looked dark and threatening.

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” (Isaiah 26:3)

No bad news that we receive will
EVER change this truth:
God will always desire you no matter how frail and broken your body becomes.
He scans the horizon from sunrise to sunset just waiting for YOUR precious life to approach Him, and He thinks about you all day long with love in His heart.
All. Day. Long.

How can we neglect such love?
I can once again smile in the mirror.
I smile because I’m loved by God.
When I’m weak, I’m strong in Him.
When I’m weak, He still loves me.
Smile if you know He loves you!

You’re in a war, Christian…
But your General loves you.

Let the world see you smile today.