My friend who collapsed during the field camp has recovered, thank God. And his exact words were, "thank God I recovered quickly." People say these words all the time, but in such a context, aren't they so meaningful? What do we do when our own strength fails, physical, and more importantly, spiritual? What do we do when we fall from grace? Are we willing to acknowledge that we are so weak, so wicked? "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Jeremiah 17: 9. I believe my friend, in saying those two words, "thank God", was acknowledging something very important. He was acknowledging that even though his own strength may have failed, God never fails. Even though many times in our lives we fall, to sin and wickedness, God remains perfect. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Him, with His Word, with His light. It is we, countless times in our lives, who have failed to live by that light, by our own sheer human weakness. So let's acknowledge that we are the ones who are weak, the ones at fault, and acknowledge that God is supreme. He is the one who picks us up; He is the one who forgives us when we fall; He is the one, not ourselves, who sustains us by His grace and love. Perhaps when we have learned to live in utter dependence upon His grace and love and not our own strength; when we have learned to live humbly with our broken hearts turned towards him every single moment; then we can say together with Paul, "for when I am weak, then am I strong." 2 Cor. 12:10.