FLEXABILITY
Put On the New Self
Romans
[ESV] 12:1-3 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to
present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is
your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will
of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to
me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure
of faith that God has assigned.
Colossians 3:1-3 If then you have been
raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at
the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on
things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with
Christ in God.
FACT: Life
never stops changing.
FACT: God’s
John 1:12;3:3 children we are to adapt and mature accordingly in ways pleasing
to Him.
In
discussing the two facts above with a friend experiencing change in a number of
ways, not the least of which in the adverse effects of progressive MS, she today responded with the following insightful
remarks that I identify with: “Snails do great things too. It took me the
better part of 3 years to adjust/understand my new body with its limitations I
could never imagine. I had never been accustomed to slowing down before to take
it easy, sitting down and allowing my body to rest, which often means a nap. There
are slow days resulting in tasks not completed.
Now a big
dose of acceptance toward my body must be given each and every day and being okay
with it.
And I don’t
forget to thank the Lord for mixing things up in my life so I may continue to
mature.”
Who among
us is not traveling this path?
EBB4 & Annamarie