His strength is made PERFECT in our weakness...

If you have read my introduction or my first blog post you know why it's called Kisses from the King. I found another blog with this information in it and I thought it was so beautifully said and I wanted to share.

A kiss from the King, according to rabbinical tradition, is a living word from scripture. (Some of us know that as a “Rhema” Word) When a verse leaps out at you and you have the sense that God has spoken personally to you… you have been kissed by the King.

With that said. I have encountered a Kiss From the King just moments ago. It's not what I would consider my typical kiss though. Usually when I have been kissed, they are words from scripture that have so connected with my soul that I rejoice internally and sometimes even externally. This kiss today has me a bit baffled. I have heard it a million times and I have even experienced God's strength when I have been weak, but I have not processed the words, "his strength is made perfect in my weakness". I understands it means He is strong when I am weak. He will intercede for me when I cannot. But the fact that His strength is made perfect when I am weak doesn't even sound nice. It sounds like in order for God's strength to be perfect I must be weak. So what about the times I'm having a strong day, emotionally or physically? Is God's strength not perfect then? Is His strength ONLY made perfect when I am weak. Wait, aren't I weak, in my flesh, ALL the time? Therefore, God's strength would be perfect at ALL times?! Is it really just that simple? Am I making this more complicated than it has to be? Well, it wouldn't be the first time!

I also understand that God can take our flaws, our HUGE messes our mistakes that are obviously made when we are weak and turn them into the biggest blessings ever! I would never say that those moments or battles we encounter are a blessing, but God can take what satan intends for harm and use it for good and for our benefit. It's not the "problem" that you can rejoice about, it is what God can do from what was learned from it. I have heard people say, "this (whatever this is) will MAKE you a stronger person", or "this, will MAKE your marriage" WHAT?? REALLY? So this experience which rocked my world, hurt, stung, cut me to the core, will be what MAKES me? NO!!! I believe it isn't the "problem" that does this. It's what is learned from it, how it's processed, how you choose to move forward and exist beyond it! To me that is a major difference! I say all this because it has everything to do with His strength being made perfect in weakness. When we are going through those "problems" or "issues" it's generally when we feel WEAK! Right? So in those moments it is encouraging to think about how God's strength is perfect. When I am weak, He will step in and cover me, take over, give me strength when I am weak. Getting through the tough things in life are very difficult. Sometimes we even look back and don't remember how we ever got through it. Those are the moments in which HIS strength was made perfect!

Thank You JESUS!