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“You are still in the process of being shaped into a beautiful creation.”

A thought by H. Norman Wright DMin. from his book, Discovering Who You Are And How God Sees You (p.92). Baker Publishing Group (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Oh, please believe that!!!

Norman says, “You may be dissatisfied with certain features or characteristics about your life at the present time. Realize that you are still the person God designed you to be. Yes, we have mental and physical weaknesses, we experience energy limitations, and we have needs and changing emotions. You may think you won’t ever be what you want to be. But God has not completed implementing his design in you. You are still in the process of being shaped into a beautiful creation.

“God knows what lies dormant within you, but he also loves you just as you are right now. He will also love you as you continue to grow and develop. Notice that I did not say he will love you more. You may think or feel that God does not love you as much today as he will when you ‘improve.’ Not true! God’s love is unconditional. He loves you! And he wants you to cooperate with him in bringing out the best in you. He wants you to cooperate in the creative process.”

He later says, “You can hinder your growth by asking such questions as: ‘What will other people think?’ ‘Will other people like me if I change?’ ‘What if I don’t please other people as much as I used to?’ But you have not been called to make a good impression. Gauging your behavior by the reactions of others makes you their prisoner. It also robs you of your individuality and leads to ‘impression management.’ You end up saying what you think others want you to say, being what they want you to be and doing what they want you to do. It is all right to be you and to develop as God wants you to develop.”

Let’s believe that it is all right to be you and me and to develop as God wants us to develop.  Would you please believe that?

Yes, yes!
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