Little ones to him belong for they are weak and he is strong...

Okay so let me preface the story, I am about to tell, with it is really embarrassing because it was such a stupid mistake but it ended up being a great analogy for today's devo!

Okay STORY TIME:

I'm reading today's devo, this morning, and it says "I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties, for when I'm weak, then I am strong." After reading this I thought "well this would be great to read when I'm in a hardship but it doesn't really apply to me at the moment I mean life is good! I am graduating in 2 weeks, my family is good, God is good, life is good." Now let me tell you what's really going on, last week I barely did my devo. My excuse to myself was that I was studying for AP testing and well I still loved God. I figured that one week wouldn't kill me as long as I still said things were good with God.

Then it got to the weekend, AP tests were over, but I still made no effort to spend time with God. So when I read today's devo I was like sweet it doesn't even apply to me! I was in a small state of denial... Anyways I hadn't really prayed too much and I still didn't today. BUT THEN...I went to go meet some friends for coffee and I was backing out of my driveway...here comes the embarassing part... and BOOM I hit my dad's car. sweeeet. I was super embarrassed and blah blah blah. However, the next few hours of my night I simply thought...it was the first time in probably a good two weeks that I prayed like I normally do. I then was reminded of today's verses. Delight in difficulties, weakness, embarrassment, stupid mistakes, fill in whatever word you would like. And I was like well crap...thanks a lot God. haha but it made for a good analogy. When I was driving out of my driveway, it was a normal routine thing, I was being attentive but I wasn't concentrating. Its like me with my time with God I had fallen into a routine and I was being attentive but not concentrating. I wasn't concentrating on his will I was concentrating on making it through the school year. So I guess it just took me getting in an accident to wake me up. God allows us to make stupid mistakes in order for us to learn. We won't learn if we just sit there and pout or be prideful. We have to delight in our mistakes or learn from them like I am attempting to do now. So delight in your difficulties this week...you never know what God will reveal!

Have an awesome week!!

Only 11 days until Memorial Day!!

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