It's Not Overnight

Did any of you watch that show on TLC last night? The one about the 600 pound life? My sister and I watched it together. (And by that I mean, we sat four states apart and watched it on our respective TV's and issued our thoughts to each other via Facebook.)

Partway through the show, Melissa (the woman the show was about) said she thought she would go in, have the surgery, and all her problems would be fixed. She didn't have any idea how many months...how many years...it would take to see marked change. How difficult it would be to learn a whole way of life. To take care of herself. To see herself as something other than a 600 pound woman.

That stuck with me. As I walk through this journey God has called me to take, I know very little. I don't know what He'll ask of me. I don't know what He'll send my way or withhold. I do know it will require change. Change that might seem, from my seat right now, to be a pretty quick and easy thing. Hey...I'll start on this journey and in a week, He'll have everything fixed.

He might. But more than likely, it's going to be longer than that.

You know the great thing, though?

The journey may take a while, but He will bring goodness in it.

I read this by Susie Larson: "May you grow to love and accept the YOU God is making you to be. May you walk in a new level of grace and gratitude that gives you peace and encourages others."

It's not an overnight change. It might not even be an easy journey of change. But it's a grace-filled journey. And it's a joy-filled journey.

I can't wait to see...