May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from - TopicsExpress

May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from God’s glorious Power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to God, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. ---Colossians 1:11-12 In affliction, then, we do not know what it is right to pray for. Because affliction is difficult, troublesome, and against the grain for us, weak as we are, we do what every human would do. We pray that it may be taken away from us. However, if he does not take it away, we must not imagine that he has forgotten us. In this way, power shines forth more perfectly in weakness. ---Augustine May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be always acceptable to you, o Lord, my strength and my redeemer. ---Psalm 19:14