“What is my barrenness? It is the platform for His fruit-creating power. What is my desolation? It is the black setting for the sapphire of His everlasting love.

“I will go in poverty, I will go in helplessness, I will go in all my shame and backsliding, I will tell Him that I am still His child, and in confidence in His faithful heart, even I, the barren one, will sing and cry aloud” (Charles Spurgeon).

I can think of very little to add to what Mr. Spurgeon said. I think the Apostle Paul talks about weakness being a platform to showcase God’s perfect strength. He also said something about boasting in weakness rather than hiding it or pretending it doesn’t exist because that’s where God shows up in power.

Even in my shame and backsliding, my anxiety and fear, my poverty of faith and helplessness –all of that and much more — I am still His child. I can still sing and cry aloud. I’m in good hands.