Strength in Weakness

He gives power to the weak, and to those 
who have no might He increases strength
                         (Isaiah 40:29)

It’s not as I had planned it, Lord;
so many things went wrong;
I just feel weak and helpless
when I planned to be so strong.

I’ve had to count on others
to help me through the day,
when what I wanted most was strength
to do things my own way.

What a lesson You are teaching me;
what in myself I see;
how independent I’ve become,
and how proud I’ve been to be.

It isn’t necessary to be strong;
to do it all myself.
You’ve placed them here to fill the gap,
left by my failing health.

But most of all You’re teaching me
that it’s Your heart’s desire,
that I depend on You, my Strength,
to lead me through each hour.

(This is a poem I penned during a low time, health wise, in 2015.
With all the sicknesses and weaknesses going around right now
I think it bears reposting. Hopefully it will give someone a lift.)

Glenda Collins Inman