The Best Me I Can Be

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The Best Me I Can Be

by Joni Eareckson Tada

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

I’m glad when I can wake up before my helper—my “get-up girl”—arrives to get me ready. I use that time to pray. I know myself too well—how easily my quadriplegia and morning stiffness can turn me into a sour, peevish person who lacks a smile for the day. My get-up-girl deserves a “better” me, and I’m always thankful that God pours out His abundant grace before she walks into my bedroom at 7:30 a.m. After I’m up in my chair, we’ll read from a daily devotional. This morning, this prayer gave me a mile the entire day:

Oh, give Thy servant patience to be still,
And bear Thy will;
Courage to venture wholly on the arm
That will not harm;
The wisdom that will never let me stray
Out of my way;
The love that, now afflicting, knoweth best
When I should rest.”*

Lord, the people in my life—my husband, coworkers, friends, and even strangers—need to see the best me I can be with Your help. Fill me with Yourself, so people who encounter me will see glimpses of You; hear Your kind, grace-filled words; and even catch Your fragrance.

*L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006), 314.

Taken from A Spectacle of Glory

By Joni Eareckson Tada

Copyright © 2016
Published in Print by Zondervan, Grand Rapids

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version.

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