“Now the Lord is Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

I am becoming the person that, when entering college, I already thought I was.

Perhaps that’s what college is. One long paradigm shift.

The reality is, had it not been for the transforming work of God in my life… no paradigm shift. No complete change in my thinking. No softening of my heart, no thirst for grace, no need for relationship. No fullness in my life. No real trust in Jesus because no true faith would have been built. No questioning, just acceptance of my misunderstood conception of this guy who came to earth to die and resurrect, live in my comfort zone, American dream, unsatisfied but apathetic.

And I’m not there yet. Not sure when I will be that fully transformed person, but that’s ok. Maybe this is the mark of maturity and humility I thought I had entering college – but now, I’ve matured in that I realize I need a lot more of Jesus’ work.

But instead of binding me and highlighting every flaw that I have, this is freeing. Unbelievably freeing. I am a work in progress, and that’s ok. I trust Jesus will complete the good things He has begun in me. He can take His time – He certainly knows better than I do.

This new life is freedom. It is fullness in the truest most healing sense of that word. Full. No shame or guilt, no condemnation.

~ by Liz on April 15, 2008.