Just Enough for Today

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 12:9-10

God gives us exactly what we need for each moment – never too much, never too little. “For when I am weak, then I am strong.” God’s grace is enough to meet the needs of any situation – it is sufficient.

As a reflection of God’s character to be our strength and help in time of need, so is Catholic Charities to the families in our communities. Catholic Charities is there in times of great weakness for people like Linda, who saw her comfortable life turn completely upside down.
 

When Linda’s oldest daughter lost her job and had nowhere to go, she brought her two children with her to live with Linda. Just months later, Linda’s younger daughter, who was living in New York and battling a drug addiction, was killed in a car accident leaving behind two young children of her own with no one to care for them. Wanting to care for her other two grandchildren, Linda brought them to Indianapolis to live with her.

While working as hard she could to make ends meet, and still trying to take classes to pursue her dream of being a chef, tragedy struck again. Linda’s oldest daughter passed away, leaving her to care for four grandchildren alone. Desperate for assistance, Linda came to the Catholic Charities Crisis Office.

Catholic Charities Crisis Office, in conjunction with school social workers and other agencies, helped Linda to occasionally pay for utilities, provided food and clothing, and found counseling and mentoring programs for her grandsons. 

On Linda’s most recent visit, she was so very proud of her grandsons’ progress in school and let us knows that she will be graduating from chef’s school this May. Though Linda continues to need occasional assistance, her situation is improving and she credits this to the help and hope she has received from the Crisis Office.

God has designed us to need Him moment by moment. The more we realize we need his grace – the more we will realize how sufficient God’s grace truly is. With humble hearts, as we come before Him and ask, He is faithful to give. He delights to rescue and sustain us each day.

In your weakness, will you allow God’s grace to be your strength today? He has just enough.