Under Construction

Little by little, with everyday that passes by & I get a chance to know my Lord more and more, I realize I have a long road ahead of me. I have a lot to learn & much to grow. And this isn't meant for discouragement. On the contrary, I am excited, eager to be taught, to be shaped as His vessel... to be hemmed, You hem me in, behind and before. Psalm 139:5a


It's so easy to become so concentrated in your life, your bubble. By doing that we forget about the grandness of life. We forget the greatness of eternity & how God's purpose is beyond this life. His purpose trespasses life and death, it goes past the concept of time.

The book of Colossians explains it better. Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth (3:2). In fact, as Christians, we are called to, seek the things that are above (3:1). Actively. On purpose. Willingly. With effort.

Why? For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God (3:3). Then he continues to say in verse 4, When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. THAT'S my finish line: to be with Him in glory. That's when I won't be under construction any longer. Everything'll be perfect.

Christ is my life.

Even knowing that I have a long road ahead of me, I read this and praise Him:
For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake and I am still with you.
Psalm 139: 13-18