Strength in Weakness

Mme. Jeanne Guyon

How do we respond to the cross? You respond this way. As soon as anything comes to you in the form of suffering, at that very moment a natural resistance will well up somewhere inside you. When that moment comes, immediately resign yourself to God. Accept the matter. In that moment give yourself up to him as a sacrifice.

Feeling the pain of suffering is one of the principal parts of it. Sometimes you bear the cross in weakness, at other times in strength – but bear it!

Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ

["Sometimes you bear the cross in weakness; at other times in strength..." - expecting ourselves to be strong in every circumstance because we are "spiritual people", ends in disappointment and self-doubt. Our strength is not important, though our intention, our "will-to-God" is. God provides the strength; we provide the love and at best, trust.]