“You thought that your greatest benefit of  getting older was the gaining of wisdom, but it is not the greatest. The  greatest gift is WEAKNESS and then wisdom”.

I was startled, humbled, and encouraged by this word. Weakness, which  age brings, sets us up for sufficient grace to perfect power through our  lives.

2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV)
9 But 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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest  upon me.

I have been tempted to despair and resist the weakness when my Father  called it a gift. I also sensed that the strength of youth was often in  opposition to this reality.