The Apostle Paul had a thorn in his flesh., a weakness, with which he had to deal. He prayed three times for the Lord to remove it. God finally told him that He wasn't going to remove it, but that His grace would be sufficient and that His power would be put on display in Paul's weakness. Paul learned that when we are weak, His strength is enough.

Fear is a reality of life for us as humans. There is a good kind of fear, but there is also a debilitating kind of fear that paralyzes us. How to we, as Christians, deal with that kind of fear?

We like to live life with as much certainty as possible. However, the reality is that there is much in this life that is a mystery. That causes us to wonder where God is when bad things happen, and we end up living between faith and doubt.

Life is like walking on a tightrope. Once you step out on the tightrope, you are balancing between the starting place and where you want to end up. That means that we live life in the "in between." We receive great promises from God, but they haven't come to fruition, so we're living between the promise and the fulfillment. God has a purpose in the "in between." In fact, that's the place where we often encounter God in the most powerful ways.