2Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, 3because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
Paul is empathizing with me right now because I yearn to be perfect, to be quite honest. I really hate it when I fall short, but I must always remember that the Glory belongs to God & everything that He allows to happen is essentially for His Glory, but!!! it is not an excuse to act a fool.
2 Cor 12:9-10
9But 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. 10That 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.
It is about God's perfections not my own. I should boast about my weaknesses so that God would be glorified as my strength. I am weak on so many levels, I've got pride, I've got selfishness, I've got offense, but
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