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This is a very interesting piece of Scripture.....it really confused me for some time, still do not know if I got it all right or not, for the sake of conversation , let us think on to for a bit. I had to go back to verse 7---"A thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me"....God allowed Satan , just as God allowed Satan with Job. Some consider this to be an eye problem, some consider it this or that, some think it to be a demonized person, a trouble maker, whatever, God allowed it ----to me, no matter what it is, it is a lesson for me and maybe you.......Today I struggle with sins of may past, I don't do them anymore, yet they haunt me, tempt me----I came to believe this is a trick of Satan to win a sinner back to his side-----if I may, after all my digging into this subject of Paul's thorn, I came to believe that my temptations, my struggles might just be considered my thorn in my side. I don't feel bad for not completely understanding but then in my studies on this subject I learned that the understanding from great Biblical minds is just their opinions, excellent food for thought----but the Holy Spirit teaches us all things, as Scripture teaches us. Food for thought, once I learned this, when that demon raises its ugly head, I just turned that problem over to Jesus and He takes care of it, meaning I don't fret over the small thing anymore. "Got a thorn in your side? Try my solution, works for me, who knows it may work for you-----God Bless
This just came to me, we who are trying our best to do right, but feel we come up on the short end of the stick.....if this applies to you, well, don't feel like the Lone Ranger, Paul, an apostle, a strong Christian, a firm believer, struggled just like we do------HUMMM !!! Read in Romans 7: starting in verse 13, Paul, himself writes about his struggle----read it slow, let it sink in----great lesson for each of us----if great Christians struggle-- it only stands to reason that we will not escape the struggles of life