Meditations—points to ponder

God is unveiling who we truly are. Unveiled faces. 

All those veils of shame, sin and the false self, all those veils others have put upon us, 

thinking they know who we ought to be—God takes them all away 

so that with unveiled faces we might reflect His Glory. 

The process often feels slow, interminable even. But lasting change takes time. 

God is a God of process, and He has His Eye on Eternity. 

His plans for us aren’t for a quick fix but an eternal transformation—

slowly / carefully / intentionally—the unveiling is taking place.

Q: is there a way to speed up the process of unveiling and hasten the change we long for?

… Yes. There is. Accelerating our “becoming” involves saying yes to God 

again and again and again. 

It is not a posture of striving but of releasing - 

yielding then pushing through to the next goal. 

We collapse into God’s Life within us. 

“Christ in me, help me” becomes our prayer. 

That is why He often brings us to the end of our rope, the end of ourselves. 

Because it is from there we turn from our striving and raise our arms in surrender 

to our God again to save us. By faith, we turn to Him … 

God is at work in us and for us. We believe this because He says He is.

Stasi Eldredge—Becoming Myself: embracing God’s dream of you p6

1 Thessalonians 5:24 (NRSV) — 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.

1 Thessalonians 5:24 (The Message) — 24 The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he’ll do it!