The Remodel

Don't be surprised when you finally decide to make a major change in your life, that one of the first requirements is to be patient. Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither will you be. If we decide to begin living for Him, to being more positive, more spiritual- to making major "home improvements" to our lives, realize up front that it will take precious time. The problem is, we want to see the results right away, and it is not going to happen this way. Some things take months, even years, to fully manifest in us and in our lives. The person who wants a better house may have decided on what it will look like when the model is finished- after all the building and tearing up has been done. But it may seem that all the remodeling is making it much worse now- walls are coming down, things are a mess, carpet is torn up, plumbing all exposed- surely this old house was so much better before. You may even have the urge to shout "Stop! Just stop- put everything back as it was, it was better- and safer - before, as it was". What you don't understand is, all the confusion, all of the mess, all of the seemingly destroyed landscape is being redone- it is being made better. One day, we may all get a mansion right here on earth- if we are patient enough to wait.