"God, getting closer to man, weakens him. He does just the opposite of what we would expect. You may believe that it is you who are approaching him, and that, under those conditions, you should become increasingly stronger and increasingly more able to get along by yourself. However, it is he who is coming closer to you, and his approach makes you weaker - physically, mentally, or spiritually.
He does this in order to dwell in you with his might, since it is your weakness that makes room for his might. When you are weak, you cannot trust in yourself you cannot believe in yourself; and then the opportunity comes for you to turn to him and to desire to rely on him. So often you shield yourself against this greatest grace, the grace of weakness, but Saint Paul has already written, For power is made perfect in weakness. I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me . . for when I am weak, then I am strong (II Cor. 12:9-10).
Your own power and strength must collapse sooner or later. Strictly speaking, there is nothing you can call exclusively your own strength. Any kind of strength is a gift - a gift that you usually claim as your own, and that is why it must be taken from you."
-Father Tadeusz Dajczer
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One more try...This account is not letting me post...it is is not acceptable to suddenly ask about pictures with trees, pictures with storefronts...etc. I am mother in law of the writer and you have made this impossible.
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