The Transformation

 

God has gifted mankind in so many ways and yet often we cannot or choose not to acknowledge that we even need a Savior. The gift of being able to change either physically or emotionally, positively moving toward Jesus or away, is exclusive to mankind.

The butterfly what an amazing transformation, beginning as a caterpillar and eventually emerging as a beautiful fragile butterfly. Change is how God designed these creatures, there is no choice it is what they do. Change is difficult and usually painful but if positive always worth the journey. The desire to change often comes out of painful circumstances, very much like being on a merry-go-round with no place to get off. It goes around and around and never deviates from what it was designed to do. In scripture Paul described his desire to do what was right but found it very difficult sometimes wanting to do good but then sinning once again. The journey you and I are on is very similar to what Paul experienced and yes sometimes we fall but thank God we can also pick ourselves up and keep moving forward if only a crawl at first. This is one of the wonderful attributes God has given us as his children, is that of free will. We can choose to follow him or not, and to move toward change in a positive way or not. Most of us have seen professionals take down a building, in order to build a new one in its place. Change many times involves a deconstruction and reconstruction. We must have a plan and the willingness to admit we have something in our lives we want to change and a desire to do the work.

There have been many times in my life that I have discovered something about myself that needed to change, and yes it was challenging but worth the journey.

 

 

References

 

Thomas, J.C. & Sosin, L. (2011). Therapeutic expedition: Equipping the Christian counselor for the journey. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group.