I Never Finish Anythi

I saw this in print and it made me laugh. Then I read it again and sighed. There were some very important things in my life that seemed to go forward, hit a brick wall, recover, go forward, hit a brick wall, recover, go forward, and hit a bri… My dreams and desires were unfinished.

I looked up unfinished in my Holy Dictionary and discovered it meant imperfect, undeveloped, deficient, immature, and insufficient and a lot of other words that made me feel worse. Sigh.

But the meaning I hated the most was unprocessed. I hate going through process. It’s like being put into a blender. When it’s done there is nothing that went into the blender that is recognizable. I asked the Lord if there was any other way to finish things without going through process.

And of course He laughed with me and then gave me some verses to consider.

“For the joy that was set before him he endured the cross,” (Hebrews 12) Oh Jesus, I’m so sorry for the process you endured.Thank you.

“Being confident of this that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…” (Phil:6) Oh, it’s your plans for my life?

“Count it pure joy when all kinds of trials come your way…” (James 1:2) Ouch. Count it all joy? Really?

Then He took me to Lazarus’ story in John eleven. “This will not end in death. It is for God’s glory, that I may be glorified through it.” Interesting. He didn’t say death wouldn’t be part of it. He said it would not end in death.

Okay, I choose to continue to continue. I choose to dream again. I will go through the process with as much joy as I can when I feel like I am dying. Who knows? Maybe when I come out of the blender I’ll be a delicious milk shake.

Scripture: “And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” James 1:4 (NAS)