My Thorn In the Flesh - 1
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I’ve made my share of mistakes
Failed many times – failure is loud
I’ve learned lessons from pain
And had to endure the darkness of rain
But through it all I’ve found that
Growth comes from lessons learned
Most often, from countless slip-ups
I have many faults I don’t like
Little things – some not so small
Which reveal a part of me that
I would like to simply ignore is there
Leave it to God, who will answer a prayer
To remove this thorn in my side
Unless, like Paul… I’m meant to endure
I’ve slipped up now and then, friend
Without these bloopers, who knows?
I might never have learned what I was
Meant to learn, through mistakes
Errors as noisy as deafening screams
All those blunders that mark me as
So very human!! So very HUMBLE!
2 Corinthians 12:6-8 KJV
6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
Copyright © Regina Mcintosh | Year Posted 2021
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