(Part II of II) II Corinthians 12:7b-9 (NIV), ... there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But the Lord said to me, “(No), My grace is sufficient for you, My power is made perfect in (your) weakness.”Paul wrote that he begged the Lord three times to take a serious problem away from Him. And God said no to the prince of the Apostles. Would Paul have been a better apostle without this serious problem? No. Had God removed ...