Exodus 23:10-33; Psalms 66:1-67:7; Acts 13:1-25
A thorn in the flesh was given to me. 2 Corinthians 12:7 NKJV
Martha Snell Nicholson experienced a life of deep suffering. Like the Apostle Paul, she had a “thorn in the flesh”. She was bedridden for over thirty years and endured four incurable illnesses. But, also like Paul, she waded into deeper levels of God’s sustaining grace. As a result, she was able to pen a poem about this “gift” of a thorn and its intended purpose in our lives. May we let the Lord use the hardship in our life today to reveal more of Himself to us. —Brian Cretney
I took it home and though at first the cruel thorn hurt sore,
As long years passed I learned at last to love it more and more.
I learned He never gives a thorn without this added grace,
He takes the thorn to pin aside the veil which hides His face. —Martha Snell Nicholson