Tuesday Prayer: Embracing Weakness

God, your power is made perfect in weakness, your strength shows up best when mine runs out. You choose the foolish things to shame the wise, the weak things to shame the strong. In my weakness, your glory has room to shine.

I've been trying to be strong enough, smart enough, capable enough to handle everything life throws at me. I've hidden my struggles, minimized my needs, pretended I have it all together when inside I'm falling apart. Weakness feels like failure, but maybe it's actually the doorway to your strength. Thank you for the times my weakness forced me to depend on you, for the help that came when I finally admitted I needed it, for your grace that is sufficient for every insufficiency.

Help me stop pretending to be stronger than I am. Teach me to find freedom in admitting my limits, peace in acknowledging my need for you. When weakness makes me feel ashamed, remind me that it makes space for your power. Tonight, I offer you my weaknesses, my fears, my inadequacies. Transform them into trophies of your grace. In my weakness, you are strong.