Family

So, we just got back from Nashville, and were able to see family from both the Cleek and Keith side and it was very nice. We had time to celebrate sweet Grammie's birthday and enjoy some much needed time of fellowship. It was a sweet time. I was also able to hang out with my sister and parents some as well. It was really great to get to talk to my sister though. She has such a beautiful heart, and for the first time in awhile we had some "quality" sister time. This time was much needed and treasured for me.
We have been trying to readjust to being back here and attempting to finish some house cleaning. We are tired, but the Lord has been so faithful to provide us with the energy and grace we have needed for our days. This is where my heart as been for awhile....the idea that His grace is more than sufficient for me. I have found myself resting in that promise and truth so much lately, and it truly has been something that I cling to. I was writing my sister an email the other night and I was looking at some words from Paul. I have always wondered what the thorn in Paul's side is. I actually like that he doesn't tell us what it is even though I wish I knew at times. However, you know it's something that he wants to be truly rid of, but it doesn't seem like he ever gets that prayer answered. However, through this constant "thorn in his side" he continues to walk with Jesus and testify that "His grace is sufficient". So, I leave with that passage today, knowing that my life has seen how true that statement is and I pray that He continues to take things away and do things in my life so that my testimony will continue to be "His grace is sufficient".
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
7 To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 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.