My grace is sufficient for you
Karl Barth, probably the most influential theologian of the 20th century and a very prolific writer, often visited prisons to preach to the convicts. Here is an excerpt from one of his prison sermons:
“My grace is sufficient for you”, 2 Corinthians 12:9. This is a very short text, a mere six words. The shortest I’ve ever preached on. The brevity is an advantage for you - you can contain it better. I might say in passing that every time I come here, I am very concerned that not so much my sermon but the text that it follows may really sink in and go with you. This time then, my grace is sufficient for you. The wonderful spice of the saying lies in its brevity. The six words are enough. Some of you may have heard that in last forty years I have written many books, some large. I will freely and frankly and gladly admit that these six words say much more and much better things than the heaps of paper with which I have surrounded myself. They are enough, which cannot be said even remotely of my books. What may be good in my books can it mostly be that from a far they point to what these six words say. When my books are long since outdated and forgotten, and every book in the world with them, these words will shine with everlasting fullness. “My grace is sufficient for you”