Revelation

"You are not a problem to be fixed. You are a work of art being revealed".

I heard this line this morning on the way home from running errands, and it struck me so powerfully. God is revealing a work. Not just a foundation, or a warehouse, or a tilt-up concrete storage unit. He is revealing a work of art. ME.

Eph 2:7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

In God's amazing grace, He pours out riches upon us. The amazing part: He is revealing a work of art. He is in the process of revealing Himself in us, His glory. Now, isn't that worth striving for? Enduring for? Persevering for? AMEN, it is! I don't have to be looking for the finished work yet - if I were I would be sadly disappointed. The finished product isn't here yet. You see, He's not finished with me yet. Oh, how I do look forward to it, though. You see, I know what it will look like. I have an inside view. Come closer, I'll tell you. (whisper) It's God's glory in me!!! I will be like JESUS! OH!!!! Won't that be wondrous to behold?! Until then, I get to watch Him reveal the work of art that He is making. I get to become more lovely, every day as I allow Him to mold and change me. As I quit fighting the work of His hands. As I listen to the hammer and the feel the sandpaper. I must admit, sometimes it is painful. Sometimes I don't want to change. Sometimes I want the path that changes me to be easy, not a rocky uphill climb with huge thorns and snowstorms and rock slides to trip me up. The valleys can be so low. The hill so high to climb.

I can't wait to see the final work...sigh.