Under Construction

Happy Monday everyone!!

So, I was thinking about a really beautifully constructed building I passed by this morning on my way to work and I remembered what that same building looked like about 8 months ago - really ugly and nasty looking; it had rained the night before so there was mud all over the place and there was no roof at that time, so there were small pools of water in the "house" itself. It was just plain unsightly.

That's how we are. We are still under construction, still amoebic. The pieces of the puzzle are not in place yet. We don't have it all figured out. We are still clay on the potter's wheel with countless imperfections. Our maker is still shaping and molding to make us the perfect vessel that He knows us to be. We still have insecurities and random kinks that need to be re-evaluated and so, it's really unfortunate that we look down on ourselves and worse when it's others that do it for us because all they (and we sometimes) see is the surface, the present. But God sees and deals with us based on where we are going and where he's taking us.
I basically wanted to encourage someone today to look beyond the "now" and be excited about where you're going. But on the other hand, you need to also have a vision of where you're going to be excited right?

Habakkuk 2 vs 2-3 says
"Then the LORD answered me and said, record the vision and inscribe it on tablets that the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay.

So the fact that you don't see it right now doesn't mean that it's not there or it's not going to happen. It's just that it's appointed time is not right now. So wait for it, the realization of the vision of God for your life will be so astounding and overwhelming that you'll forget what you went through to get to that point. Isn't that what happens to new mothers after labor? They say they don't remember the pain and anguish immediately after the child is placed in their arms. So right now might be your "labor" phase - once that child is born, all is forgotten.

On that note, have a blessed and God-filled day
...Happy Valentine's day!!

PS - Lakers lost yesterday!! And my Celtics beat the Heat!! Whoohoooo. What a gift!!