Embrace Weakness

 Coming home to Orange County from the bubbled community that is Westmont, I am again confronted with the image-based society that I live in. Here, everyone puts up fronts, weakness is not embraced but rather, condemned, and everything must look perfect on the outside. I have grown up in this, and held together my shiny outside and performed, seemingly, close to perfection.

In the face of many life-impacting events this semester, I found that I, out of habit, would push feelings down into my core and present a shiny, nothing-bothers me, veneer. However, as all veneers will eventually be worn off to show the less-than-perfect underside, the community of people that Westmont placed around me caused it to get pulled back, little by little.

The mission statement of Page Hall, something that was determined the summer before school began, was: Redeemed by Grace, Rooted in Christ, and Rejoicing in Weakness. Its amazing how God knows what people will need and prepares to meet us in the time where we will need him the most.

It was the third part of this mission statement: Rejoice in Weakness, that was the most vital to my life this semester. 2 Corinthians 12:9 appeared everywhere, once six different times in a week. God’s power is made perfect when we are weak, and if we embrace this, it becomes easier to let the veneer wear off. This is my goal: to be open and not hide the hurt, but rather allow healing to come from God, despite my own weakness.