“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” ~Susan Gale
As we continue on our trek of finding and living our God-Purpose I am reminded of a very important attribute we must develop along the way and that is courage.
I can relate big time to the opening quote by Susan Gale.
I believe I’ve shared with you all the tremendous amount of fright I once had when it came to speaking publicly. It came to a head during my final year of pharmacy school when I had to present a study I did on a disease state. I presented to my professor, a couple of doctors and nurses and some fellow pharmacy students. For twenty straight minutes I stuttered, stammered, shook and perspired my way through the presentation. I WAS HORRIBLE!!!
Thirty years later I’ve never seen a microphone I didn’t like. Â 🙂
There are two things I did in order to get this public speaking phobia fixed:Â I turned this weakness over to God continuously and asked him to help me overcome it and I practiced doing the things I needed to do in order to get it fixed.
What is your greatest weakness? Â Do you have confidence issues? Â Are you co-dependent (always trying to fix other people, places and things)? Â Are you sensitive and easily hurt? Â Do you procrastinate? Â Are you a perfectionist? Â Do you spend more time looking for the speck in your brother or sister’s eye than you do your own? Â Are you a glutton? Â Are you easily intimidated? Â Do you have trouble carrying on a conversation?
It is time to come face to face with your weakness. Â I have found the only way to fix a weakness is to pay attention to it. Â Name whatever your weakness is, claim whatever your weakness is and dump it to God on a daily basis.
Name it-Claim it-Dump it
And of course–Practice, practice, practice whatever you need to do in order to overcome this weakness.
What gets paid attention to will eventually get fixed.
P.E.A.C.E.
Jay@EagleLaunch.com
Deuteronomy 31:6, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
