My LIMITATIONS, His INVITATION

In adult bible study last night we talked about Jesus' beatitude, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit.' And just between the few of us that were gathered had a great discussion; almost everyone said they had never viewed limitations as a part of our creation by God, and further had not viewed them as invitations[opportunities] for God to work in our lives, and certainly had not viewed limitations as stepping stones to drawing closer to him. So here are some reasons we thought of why we should have a positive view of limitations. First, our limitations are constant reminders of who we are and who God is,[ie. Paul's thorn & Jacob's limp] limitations that if heeded will keep us from getting big-headed. Then we talked about limitations defining us; our limitations not only tell us where we are not equipped but also define where we are equipped so that we have a clearer picture of who we truly are. WE spent some time talking about how Satan tempted Eve so that she might become disgruntled with her limitations [which she was not aware of]and want to be 'like' God; then we discussed how Satan become furious in the wilderness because Jesus would not go beyond his human limitations but leaned on his Father, a perfect example to us. Limitations help us in being more spiritually specific in our prayers with God - limitations define for us our true needs as opposed to desires and wanting to be like someone else. This means that in order to accept who we are and truly love ourselves as Christ would have us to we have to first identify who we are. Limitations help us to find our niche in the body of Christ, are we a foot, an eye, an ear, etc...often when we look at our limitations in a negative light we hinder the body. Finally we talked about how our limitations are fertile ground of God's blessings and his working in our lives - he created us to be 'continuing projects,' and our limitations are the foundations he has already placed in our lives for his building, our maturing. We are 'created in his image,' sin however mares that image, but it does NOT destroy it, nor warp it beyond repair, that's what CHrist work on the cross did - his blood can wipe out that sin and the image can begin to be restored ..... ah, restoration can be such a longgggggggggggggg process,
but there's nothing in the world like 'becoming' whole, holy.