Confession
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But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.”
Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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“To know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility.” Flannery O’Connor
We have spoken openly to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide. We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. I speak as to my children; as a proper response, open your heart to us.
Alethia — truth — in greek literally means “unhiddenness”
Genesis 2-3
When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
So I discover this law: When I want to do what is good, evil is present with me. For in my inner self I delight in God’s law, but I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am serving the law of God, but with my flesh, the law of sin
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
“Adam and Eve hid behind a tree, naked and conquered by shame. But Jesus hung on a tree, naked, and conquered by shame. In Jesus, shame doesn’t have the last word.” -Rich Villodas in Deeply Formed Life
Latin root word for vulnerability is “Capable of being wounded”
