Becoming Myself

This is the title for stasi eldredge's latest book--

"Becoming Myself--Embracing God's dream of you"

I delved into it Sunday evening and already

my spirit has been awakened.

I wrote on page 22...

"Oh my!  I love this."

She was quoting a friend, but this is what was said,

"What if

change is actually just Me(God) 

unveiling who you really are?"

Oh my!!!

Really??!!!

As in,

all this stripping of my graveclothes

and dismantling of my false self

and understanding 

these ways of pain in me

is not my doing...

but His??!!!!

Oh sure,

I know Christ is the one completing what He started in me

I know that really, it is the Holy Spirit growing my soul

I know this....

don't I????

I do

but I don't.

And I guess the above words

somehow change my focus...

from 

me

to 

Him.

Where it should be anyway.

But when I'm the one laden with graveclothes,

it does feel as though

it's my work,

my job

to strip away 

the mess I've made of myself.

2 Corinthians 3:18

reminds me--

"But we as Christians have no veil over our faces;

we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord.

And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us,

we become more and more

like Him."  LB

And Paul again,

in 1 Thessalonians 5:23,24

badgers my soul--

"Now may the God of peace Himself

sanctify you entirely,

and may your spirit

and soul

and body

be preserved complete,

without blame

at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Faithful is He who calls you,

and He also

will bring it to pass."

Oh my!

I love this:)