Delighting in Weaknesses!

Jeff and I are currently in Costa Rica at our triennial Latin America/Caribbean missionary conference.

Yesterday was set aside for prayer and fasting and I spent time reflecting on the last 8 1/2 years we've spent in Brazil.

God has walked with us through some major hardships during these years on the field including a major car accident, being sued by the Brazilian government and being given 8 days to leave the country with visa problems. 

We look back and delight in Him for these things:

• We are completely healed---our bones are stronger than before the accident! 

• God provided a competent lawyer and He quickly raised up the funds needed to pay off our debt!

• We have permanent visas!

God directed me to the verses in 2 Corinthians 12: 9 & 10, "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. 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.

We boast gladly about our weaknesses, depending on His help every step of the way.  We know that everything we witness Him doing through and around us is Christ's power alone and we're looking forward to the next chapter of this very exciting God story!

Resting in His power and provision,

Diane and Jeff