The Joy of Weakness If there is anything I learned on the Pilgrimage it is the joy of weakness. It is essential to our spiritual growth to grasp our utter weakness. I looked over my photos from the Pilgrimage and this one of me laying down my burden at the foot of the Iron cross with the Priest (spiritual guide) looking on before we began our official start, best displays the wonder of my weakness inviting God’s strength. The devotion I read that day stated: God, getting closer to man, weakens him . That seems to be a strange concept to understand from a loving God. The scripture the devotion was referring to was the Rich Young Ruler who came to ask Jesus how he could inherit eternal life (Mark10:17-27). He came to Jesus in search of greater strength. Jesus wanted him to gain what he was seeking. The way Jesus told him to find strength was by willingly becoming totally weak. Before I started my pilgrimage I had done w...
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