1/15 of the way done.

Well last night I finished my first class. The professor said that I had an "A' or "B" depending on the paper I wrote. I wrote my first 10 page paper. My wife was gracious enough to proof it. If you know me there are 2 things I have the most difficulty doing.

1) Writing

2) Reading

I have always had problems with reading. I can remember even when I was in grade school hoping that the teacher wouldn't call on me. Not because I didn't know the words. It was simply because I didn't read aloud well. I would stumble and stutter through the simplest sentences. I would hear the snickers. I felt ashamed and stupid. Then when people didn't understand why I had that problem it only made it worse. That is still a problem today. I can retain the information but spitting it out is a different story.

Writing is just because I didn't pay attention in school. I know the basics but as me to diagram a sentence in detail. You might as well as me to invent a plane that will fly to the moon and back. Yeah...um....that ain't gonna happen.

So I have told you something that even the most important people don't even know about me. Why would I do this? Why would I leave my self open like that? The answer is that I can boast only in my weaknesses. I could spit out all this "I am sooo great at this" or "I am soooo smart at this". What would that tell you? It would show my arrogance. But if I boast in my weakness I can only claim that Christ did it. See I get up in front of people a lot and read scripture. I write letters and sermons. How....? I don't know. I simply would tell you that I find my strength in Christ. He is the one that makes my weaknesses strengths. But only through him.

2 Corinthians:29-31

²⁹Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger? ³⁰If I must boast, I would rather boast about the things that show how weak I am. ³¹God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows I tell the truth.