Weakness

     Today I wrote in my journal that I was going to work on being more fit and eat healthier. I ate worse today than I've eaten in a long time and sat most of the day! I did manage to read, Our Daily Bread for today and the story was based upon Genesis 27:6-23. In this passage Jacob and his mother trick Isaac into giving Esau, Isaac's oldest son's blessing to Jacob, his youngest son.
     The author, Cindy Hess Kasper, notes the following: "God included stories in the Bible of people who were deceitful, weak, unreliable, and angry....But when we read the rest of their stories, we observe that these people were able, with God's help, to overcome their shortcomings and ultimately be useful to Him. That happened when they depended not on themselves but on God...Just like the people who lived thousands of years ago, each of us comes with flaws. But by God's grace we can overcome those imperfections by embracing His 'strength (which) is made perfect in weakness' (2 Cor. 12:9).
     It's nice to know we are in good company and that most importantly if we give up our need to be in control then God can take over and give us His strength and do His Will through our lives. KT

It's OK to call out to God for help when you feel weak. 

2 Corinthians 12:⁹ But he said to me, “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. ¹⁰ 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.