Home Makeover

  If you own a home or rent an apartment, you are probably familiar with the seemingly never-ending list of projects and to-do's which need done.  I know that when I look around my home I see all the potential of what I could do.  I see walls that could be painted and flooring to replace, window sills to stain and landscaping to mulch.  I know the potential in my residence, and I'm sure you feel similarly about your home.  However, even though we know all that our homes could be, most of us don't go about completing all these projects at once.  It's usually a process, a step by step rendering of the imagine in our minds onto the physical reality of our home.  It might be a weekend project, or winter project or vacation project.  And with each new accomplishment, we celebrate how much better and brighter our home looks.  We invite friends and family and point out the new paint job or countertops.
  In the same way as we can see the potential in our homes and we go about gradually changing them from what they are to what they could be, God sees the potential in each of us, and He does not do His work overnight, but rather over a lifetime.  Project by project He changes and completes us, and He celebrates each new victory in our lives.  2 Corinthians 3:18 tells us that God continually changes us "from glory to glory.''  Each new phase is considered beautiful, and even if we can't see all that we are destined to become, He can, and He is continually bringing us closer to the very best version of ourselves.
  Don't get discouraged with where you are or how far you have to go.  Know that you are a lifetime project, and God will keep working with you and in you until the day you leave this earth.  Houses don't get renovated overnight, and neither do we.  Day by day we are becoming better versions of ourselves, and this should bring us courage and joy.  Know that your tomorrows can be better than your yesterdays if you will allow God to continue His work in you.  He sees the finished picture, and He is changing you more and more into the best version of you.  Keep your chin up and keep moving forward.  I can't wait to see you reach your potential and succeed!

~K.W.