12-20-07

12-20-07

Thr

10:25

Well… God still hasn’t supernaturally taken away the “thorn in my flesh” (idontknow if that phrase is being used theologically correct, but whatever it is, it is definitely in my flesh (sin nature) and it sure hurts like a Kitale thorn (“Kitale” means “white thorn” and the white thorns are needle sharp and very long)).

Oh, but wait, it gets worce… I’ve been talking to God and sleeping outside lately (I didn’t realize before how cold it gets at nights) –Lord, protect the street kids- … and a couple of nights ago, while I was talking with God, I discovered something that brought me peace and disturbedness in matching portions … God set me up… He made sure that this thorn found its way to lodge itself ideep in my sinful heart. And why, one may ask, has God blessed me so plentifully with this gift?... to crush me of course. It has ripped away my pride, crumbled the foundation beneath my feet, it has pummeled me and left me lying on the dirt, weak and foolish. The only thing sturdy enough to support my weight is my fiath in God.

It is an odd thing to thank God for the thorn, but the truth is that this white thorn may be the only lance anble to pierce the belly of the Leviathan of selfishness and pride that lives within me. [Job 41] [2Cor 12:7-9]