Lenten Blogging: Day Thirty-Seven

Today's Post: Imperfections - in things, in people, in places - add character to life. Tell us about an imperfection you cherish.

Eloquent, passionate, energetic, and inspiring. Those are all words that do not describe Meshach Kanyion, yet I enjoy standing in front of people and preaching to them. 

I speak in a boring monotone of a voice, I do not enunciate very well, I open my mouth minimally, and I'm not very excitable, but I love standing in front of people to speak!

I got an A in public speaking in college, but was told it wasn't necessarily a strength of mine. But I love preaching!

That being said, my ability to speak publicly is clearly a limitation of mine; I'd even go as far as saying it is a weakness. But this is a weakness I cherish. If it was any other area that involved public speech (news anchor, motivational speaker, whatever) I would have quit. But when it comes to being used by God weakness is actually a strength. 

When I preach and somebody gets something, anything!, out of it, I get this humble realization that God used my words to impact somebody. Because it certainly isn't my droning voice that captivated them, and it's not my lifeless stance either. So it must be God that does it. 

So like Paul, "I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me." (2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV)

Tomorrow's Post: Give some love to three blogs you've read and loved in the past week, and tell us why they're worth reading.