
A Thorn in our Flesh, Source: So I Fix My Eyes
So none will be exalted, we will all bear the wound of our Human limitations
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

A Classical Tale – Androcles and the Lion, Wikipedia
The biblical story of the “thorn in the flesh” was a Human wound that Paul bore to the end of his life. He was transformed by the Creator’s Love when the scales were removed from his eyes. We was changed from Saul, the persecutor of Christians into the Leader of the Christian church. Beyond his conversion he bore a wound of transgression that never healed.
We must all bear a wound at the end to know the Truth of the Creator’s Love as the Divine Provision for every limitation. The Truth will reveal the Divine Justice for the whole that was meant to be. We are all intended to be made equal by a wound that could only be healed by a Hand of Love.
We can pray 3 times to remember when we “see what it is” and know “what it means” to the Creator’s Highest Intention to Know the Truth of Unconditional Love. Even in the Choice to Love, we all fail the test.
The best we can ever do is hold a Divine Intention to Love, and hold Faith in the Promise from a Hand Above.
love, in lak’ech, i am another you
Debra, 9 Eagle/MEN
THE TRECENA OF WISDOM/CIB: AN APPLICATION OF TRUTH
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
2 Earth/CABAN (ka ‘bahn), Cherokee, Heron/GUWI’SGUWI), Destiny Kin 197, Position 17
October 2, 2023, 10/02/2023
THE TRECENA OF WISDOM/CIB: AN APPLICATION OF THE TRUTH WE ALREADY KNOW
Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide Page for the “Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment.” My gift for the Tzolk’in round offers an overview for each 13-day trecena and the aspects of each day of the Tzolk’in round. The page also offers a link to resources for your own practice of counting the days to conceive your own discernment of the Meaning of Time.
NEW SEASON – VOLUME 2: Tzolk’in Seasons 3 and 4 (PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 20, 2020)
NOTE: You can also look at dates from a different direction. What is the Destiny Kin number of your day sign’s 3rd tone? You may have overlooked a life-changing day. Use the Kin Calculator offered on the Daykeeper’s Resource Page for a date six years before or after. If you are just starting to count the days and don’t have a journal from the last round, when something major happens in your life you can look to see if there was a major event on that same date before. You can also look for Signs in the “distance of time” – the number of days between one 13 Eagle/MEN (Cherokee, Eagle/UWO’HATLI)Calculator linked on the resources page. Example – 33 days is a symbol of a day that you actualize the Truth from the beginning date.
2 Earth/CABAN (Cherokee, Heron/GUWI’SGUWI) – Day 2 of 13 of the 1 Wisdom/CIB trecena

Ian Xel Lungold, 12 Sun/AHAU – Dreamed of serving among the legion of light above.
Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom preserved on MayanMajix.com
Galactic Tone 2: Mysterious as the question ‘to be or not to be?” Two is the recognition of the separation of self from all else and the desire to be rejoined. Walking a balance while making choices of all kinds, light/dark, male/female, good/bad, Yin/Yang, is the energy of this number. Experiencing the differences between one and another is the use and purpose of this number.
Earth/Caban: Earth/Caban: Keeper of the garden of Earth. Profound synchronistic connections to Earth’s natural cycles and energies provide power of creations and memories of ancient wisdom. Earth persons help dispel bad intentions, habits and ideas. This makes them very good counselors and masters of all arts. Studious and intelligent, Earth persons endeavor to bring a flow of natural order to all aspects of life. Being connected to the dynamic forces of nature, Earth persons need much liberty to facilitate their expression of migration or the sending of long distance communications such as the whales, elephants, birds and many other creatures. Sometimes Earth’s delicate sensitivities are upset resulting in quakes of emotion even the display of volcanic temper.
A GOOD DAY TO: Give thanks to Mother Earth for all her gifts.
Cherokee, Heron/GUWI’SGUWI: Sign of movement, of perpetual motion, recycling, regeneration; environmentalists fighting for the underdog. Heron is mentally alert, rational, yet opinionated; has a great faith in people and in the divine plan, holding the magic of ministry, medicine, marketing and matchmaking; healing abilities, especially with crystals; negotiation and mediation energy. Heron is symbolized by Deneb, located in the Northern Cross beside the Milky Way. “The Northern Cross is the Tree of Life, Beside the Milky Way River & Perched atop is Guwi’ sguwi, the Cherokee Heron Spirit Bird, comparable to the Egyptian Phoenix. (Cherokee Astrology: Animal, Medicine in the Stars, Raven Hall)
[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]

A thorn in the flesh seems like a negative thing to us, but God uses everything for His purposes. This is how I imagined He might have used Paul’s “thorn”:
http://seekingdivineperspective.com/2020/08/28/when-god-says-no-a-short-story/
Thank you for sharing your ideas and the comment. There are so many ways our weakness can be the blessing. Even our failures – without them, there’s no hero’s story. love, in lak’ech, Debra