such a fractured heart

"For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death."

I also have felt this way,

even though I have been through

nothing close

to what Paul experienced.

I have been angry at God

for giving me such a burden;

such a fractured heart

to carry with me back and forth across the country

that I have wished that he had let me

sleep in ignorance

instead of giving me this painful tossing and turning.

I have wished for this as I screamed silently

and sobbed myself to sleep

with no one to see.

I wanted to be numb.

But that was to make us rely not on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead. He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. On Him we have set our hope that He will deliver us again"

(1 Cor 1:8-10)

In my

COMPLETE

weakness,

GOD'S GREAT STRENGTH

is made

perfect