I'm 67 and I've spent my whole life working toward something I haven't been able to name. I wanted to be a better version of myself, to grow, to change. But I always felt like I was falling short.
John says: we will be like him. Not that we should try harder to be like Jesus. But that we WILL BE. That there's transformation happening that I don't fully control - the Holy Spirit working, God conforming me into Christ's image over time.
That shifted my whole approach to spiritual growth. Instead of trying to white-knuckle my way into holiness, I'm learning to cooperate with a transformation that's already happening. To rest in the process.
I'm old enough now to look back and see the ways I've changed from the person I was at 20. I'm kinder. I'm less judgmental. I'm more generous. I didn't engineer all that through discipline. It happened through life, failure, grace, surrender. And John reminds me: this isn't the end of the transformation. Something is still becoming true in me. When I see him, I'll understand what I'm being made into.
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