Being Sick: An Answered Prayer

You want to know how CRAZY and INCREDIBLE my God is? Well good, because you are about to find out. This week has been one of the worst, and best weeks of my life. Physically, I feel absolutely terrible! All I have done is sat around getting "rested up." Everyone knows being sick is NO fun! Spiritually, though, I feel so energized and renewed! God has a way of using our weaknesses to make us strong in Him. This made me think of Paul in 2 Corinthians 12 when he had a "thorn in his flesh." We see that Paul is in distress over this "thorn." Whether is is a literal thorn or not, we do not know. But we do see the renewing of Paul's spirit during this weakness.
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
When I read this, I was like, "this is SO me!" Even though I have been so stinkin' sick, I have felt the strength and presence of my God more than ever before. It is not by my power though, it is only through my weakness of being sick that God has revealed himself to me. I want to boast in my weakness, because I know that my Heavenly Father is speaking to me through this.
Ironically, I believe my sickness is an answered prayer! Crazy, huh? "How in the world can being sick be an answered prayer?" This is why...I have been praying for God to move in my life to show me direction in some future decisions; he has opened my eyes to scripture this week that have answered those prayers. I have had to be reliant on him, and only him, for my satisfaction; not my friends, family, or a guy. Only HIM. This pure reliance on Christ is essential, not only through our weaknesses, but at ALL times. God does not just want all of Hannah when she is sick. He wants all of me all the time. He wants the same for you!

God I PRAISE you for my weaknesses! "When I am weak, then I am strong."

Love,
Hannah Hollis