I've recently begun a new hobby. Actually, I should say, I've re-started an old hobby. When I was younger I used to put together plastic Model Cars. I recently started doing them again, and I enjoy it-- when I have time!
I have completed two models and I am almost finished the third. One of the things that I am learning-- or learning again-- is how much time it takes to put one of these models together. It's not a quick process. You have to glue the pieces together, you have to wait for the glue to dry, and then if you want to paint the model, you have to do that very carefully and slowly. It takes time to construct a model.
Our lives are like that as well. More specifically, our Spiritual Lives are like a model, it takes time to "put them together".. by that I mean it takes time for them to be what we are intended to be.
I'm thinking about-- and speaking about-- my own life... I'm not the man today that I was 7 years ago, I would like to think I am a better man, husband and father today than last year, and I hope that I am a better Disciple of Jesus than I was years ago... but it took time for me to get to the place I am now.
I am sometimes guilty of "speeding up the process" in my own life and in the lives of other people, I want results now, but the best results take time.... just like a model.
The best cars take time to put together, and the best followers of Christ are the ones who have taken the time to spend time alone with the Lord.
Becoming Like Christ--takes time.. Thankfully the Holy Spirit has the patience needed to make me what He wants me to be!
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