The Hesitant Stone

Pray for perfection, not perfection as the world sees it, but as He sees it. But be warned, if you pray for Him to make you perfect, He will do just that. It's an operation that may be uncomfortable, intrusive, time consuming, possibly even painful. The formless lump of stone that begs a sculptor to make him into a statue may have no idea just what is coming. The stone may have in its mind that it will be a quick, magical transformation to a beautiful work of art- but this rarely happens in the natural world. There will be sanding down in some areas, lopping off corners in others, some large parts will have to come off entirely. At times it will seem like the stone is not being sculpted, but destroyed. The poor stone, trusting his fate to this great sculptor, may decide that it's just not worth it. It's so much better being a simple, ordinary, mediocre- safe- stone. If we want to be perfect, we must stand still, even when it seems He is doing terrible things, and just trust. Many will walk away, half finished, deciding that it is far better to be ordinary people than to go through all of this. Take heart, He means to make us more than statues. One day, these perfect stone forms will come to life.