{"id": "card_n_61bf8457ea27", "kind": "note", "title": "A parable — Suffering illness", "body": "A man prayed three times for the thorn to be removed. Each time the answer was no. The fourth time he did not ask, and learned: the thorn was the door through which grace had come. The strength had been the weakness all along.\n\nAsk yourself: What thorn are you asking to be removed that is actually carrying the grace?\n\nGOD — wait. My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor 12:9).\n\n(A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)", "source": {"label": "Narrow Highway — original parable", "url": "", "ref": "scripture_2_cor_12_9", "authority_tier": "operator"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "parables", "bands": ["parable", "original", "witness", "teaching", "physical_substance", "authority_trust", "GOD"], "connections": [], "author": "operator", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "witness", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "a5eb2b7aaf300f1d6fe60d11d413e59e34f593af5044c4e554d87542eb4129c6"}