Our world operates according to the logic that weakness and power are opposites. But the cross turns this concept on its head. Christ said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor 12:9). It’s not that God’s power is made perfect despite our weakness or after we have suffered. No, his power is made perfect in our weakness. God certainly can and does display his power through healing and intervention. But it is through weakness that we learn to cling to God’s