| I see it in someone who thinks they are not | | | | questioning why it all happened. Those feelings |
| ready to run a 5K race even though they have | | | | made it easy to barricade my heart behind the |
| been running for months. I see it in those who | | | | concrete wall of cynicism. I pledged I would never |
| believe they can't handle a kick boxing class | | | | allow myself to trust so blindly again; I would not |
| despite being proficient at dance or gymnastics. I | | | | allow myself to be weak again. And here, I made |
| also see it in those who think that they are too | | | | my biggest mistake. I vowed to be strong and |
| old, young, tall, thin, fat, skinny, or any other | | | | self-reliant, in control of my own destiny. Yet God |
| adjective that they believe makes them weak. | | | | not want that. He needed my weakness. That |
| My art teacher in grade school once told me that | | | | may sound odd, so let me explain... |
| black (Or was it white?) is not a real color but | | | | Similarly after divorce, it's hard to envision how |
| instead is the absence of color. In the same way, | | | | God will bring about a better plan, when it requires |
| weakness is not a real characteristic but is instead | | | | you to be weak. You question weakness is |
| a lack of strength. So in this way, I only see | | | | necessary. Try it. Look to Christ. His example of |
| strength. Some people have different levels of | | | | weakness is excellent: He was born a tiny, |
| strength but it's still strength and only strength | | | | helpless infant relying on others for everything! |
| exists.On the other hand, some things in life can | | | | Food, clothes, shelter, education - all of it needed |
| steal your strength. An unbalanced and depriving | | | | to be given, not hunted and gathered. He hung on |
| diet, an exhaustive workout routine, and not | | | | the cross at Calvary in what the world saw as |
| enough rest can sap anyone of strength just as a | | | | complete powerlessness, yet it became the |
| robber can steal your money. | | | | greatest triumph in history. And today, Christ |
| Negative and critical people can also steal your | | | | appears powerless in the tabernacle. His example |
| strength making you feel less capable and strong. | | | | of weakness illuminates the sacrifice He made for |
| Strength can also slowly seep out of your life if | | | | us. Christ offers Himself to us. And that is what |
| you are not challenged and encouraged to grow. | | | | He wants from us in return: our weakness and |
| A job, a hobby or a relationship that is too easy | | | | complete offering to Him. |
| and offers no challenge can make anyone bored, | | | | Treatments |
| tired and steals your strength.There are the two | | | | All people like to view themselves in a positive |
| old standbys that many people use. The first | | | | light. No one likes to be considered a failure or a |
| answer is that you do not have any weakness | | | | lesserhuman being. But everyone has weaknesses. |
| which will affect this position. The second answer | | | | Most of the time people tend to ignore their |
| is that you are too much of a perfectionist. But | | | | weakness and focus on showcasing their positive |
| let's face it; no one is going to buy into either of | | | | attributes. There is nothing wrong with showing |
| these answers. The interviewer is going to sense | | | | your positive attributes but you can’t ignore |
| that you are trying to con them. | | | | your weaknesses. |
| The best thing to do is to be prepared. Come | | | | When people ignore the things that they are bad |
| with a list of three weaknesses. The important | | | | at, it tends to come back on them later in life. |
| thing to stress is that you are aware of these | | | | Let’s make an example of this situation. |
| weaknesses and to tell what steps you have | | | | Some people are excellent writers. But when it |
| taken to improve them. This is key. Do not throw | | | | comes to talking to people, in a face to face |
| out minor weaknesses and just leave it at that. | | | | situation, they are a walking, talking disaster. |
| Give the interviewer a real weakness but then | | | | Communication is a revered and necessary skill. |
| explain how you overcame it. Like Knute Rockne | | | | One can never expect to get through life without |
| once said: "Build up your weaknesses until they | | | | the ability to communicate a point verbally. |
| become your strong points. The following is what | | | | As human beings, our complex communication |
| you should do. | | | | skills put us far beyond any other animal. Because |
| Weakness 1. | | | | human beings can communicate math, history, |
| I am not confident speaking in public. I was never | | | | science, sociology and a wealth of other subjects |
| comfortable speaking in public or in front of a | | | | many things never get lost. We can make |
| group of people. I realized that I needed to | | | | improvements in our society sheerly through the |
| overcome this and so I joined Toastmasters. | | | | communication of thoughts and principles. When |
| That experience has helped to overcome my | | | | we ignore a skill / weakness we deprive |
| fear and now I no longer dread speaking in public. | | | | ourselves and one another of gains that can be |
| Causes | | | | made through our own individual improvement. |
| In my own experience, the intense anger I felt | | | | God took Gideon's army of 30,000 men and |
| over my spouse leaving and filing for divorce had | | | | reduced it to 300 to show He was in control. |
| a lot to do with not being able to control what | | | | That;s fairly contrary to the way we think, |
| was happening to me. I was losing my spouse, | | | | granted. It is how God thinks. Gideon relied on the |
| my home, my dream of being a wife and | | | | strength of his army, until God showed him the |
| mother, my status in society... all of it was | | | | power of relying on God. Trusting God's command |
| changing rapidly and I could do nothing about it. My | | | | to weaken his army, Gideon allowed God to work |
| natural reactions of shock and disbelief were | | | | and bring about a more powerful result. |
| followed by anger, distrust, resentment, and | | | | |