What is this all about?

I was thinking this morning about the purpose of this blog. I want to inform people of the happenings in our life but I want so much more than that. This blog is meant to show Christ in an authentic way. If you know me, you know that I can't stand when people make the Christian walk look so flowery. The honest truth is, it isn't. However, the difference is I have hope. Ok, now I feel like I am getting ahead of myself ...
Yesterday was a pretty bad day. I cried pretty much my whole way home from work. When I got home, there were beautiful flowers in a vase waiting for me with dinner started by my wonderful husband. Later that night, I got a text message from a good friend from work that in a great way lifted me up. She was real, saying that this sucks but gave a verse that I had forgotten about that struck me hard. I decided to read the whole chapter and the verse that follows is also a good one. 2 Corinthians 12 talks about Paul and his thorn. It's funny how flippantly we use the phrase "thorn in my side" but reading this brings more meaning behind it. Here are the verses that I dwelt on this morning during my quiet time:
v. 9-10: But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Wow! I feel so weak right now but I can rest in the hope that I will be made strong because of the Lord. I might not be able to see the strength come at this very moment but who's to say that I won't look back on this time and think "I am human and was not able to see God's purpose until He was ready to reveal it to me!" So this is where there is a fork. I can either put my trust in the Lord and know that He is Sovereign and look to Him for guidance and strength, or I can continue to ask why and wonder down a path that leads to a dead end. This isn't to say that on the path of trusting Christ there aren't tears and some heartache. It is to say that what I can see isn't the big picture. During this time of waiting, I want to be a servant for Christ, looking for opportunities to serve and share with others.