Rough sketch

Sometimes we forget.
And then You remind us that this is the reason why.
The reasons why there are seasons. The reasons why we have to keep striving. He wants all of us. He wants to purify. He wants us to focus on Him, getting rid of all other distractions. He wants to change your wants into His wants. He wants to make your heart whole. He wants us to wait. To wait on him like we've never waited on anything or anyone before. He wants to build us up. He wants us to be the BEST we can be. He wants you to trust. To trust that everything WILL BE alright. In His Timing.

For,
"There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:

a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate
a time for war and a time for peace..."

- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8


And....

"He has made everything beautiful in its time..."
- Ecclesiastes 3:11

He promises us this. He will find beauty in anything and everything that he created.
Just like an artist working on a painting... it takes time to draft, time to sketch, time to put in the brightest colours and time to outline.
We start off as a rough sketch but then become a beautiful portrait.
Changing us is like making coal into a diamond. It takes high heat and pressure to make a diamond from coal. It requires the rearrangement of Carbon atoms into new patterns. This is what happens in our lives when we give things up. When we give up our lives to God, he wants to rearrange our hearts and our minds into something greater. This might require us to go through some rough patches but no matter what we experience there is always a reason. Change isn't always an easy thing. It is not an easy process. It takes time -- sometimes even years. It may be uncomfortable at first... But the end result is worth it. We wonder, how could something that started off so rough become something sooooo beautiful? In His hands. In His time. From deep within...

I am a diamond in the making. And so are You.

- Signed, sealed and delivered...