2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 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.

2 Corinthians 10:10
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive…”

2 Corinthians 12:8
Three times I pleaded with the Lord.

Observations/Learnings:

1. A thorn is an odd gift.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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.

2. Grace changes everything.

2 Corinthians 13:14
May the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ… be with you all.

3. We are to be radical dispensers of Grace.