Becoming

Photo by Kristyn Rhynard

I gave up my drug of choice, sugar, a few weeks ago. Along with it I said goodbye to sugar's friend, caffeine. I think they are cousins or maybe 3rd cousins twice removed. Anyway, it has been an interesting journey full of crankiness, headaches, blah feeling and cravings the size of Texas. On the other side of all that is this wonderful and amazing gift - clear thought. The fog has lifted. It's a glorious thing!

You may be asking, "Kathy, whatever possessed you to do such a thing?" Well, here it is the big reason, the "why" behind my choice, the driving force that has kept me going - I want to be who I am becoming. I don't want to be the same old me. I desire to be the woman I am becoming and to do that I had to change. That is how it works, you know. If you don't change then you stay the same. There is no 'becoming' because there is no forward movement, no metamorphosis.

It is not an easy peasy thing to change. It is hard work. It often involves blood, sweat, and tears - sheer grit and a lot of help.

Before time began, God knew who he was creating you and I to be.

"For you created my inmost being;

                you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

                your works are wonderful,

                I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you

                when I was made in the secret place,

                when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed body;

                all the days ordained for me were written in your book

                before one of them came to be." Psalm 139:13-16

I am a wonderful work of God. You are a wonderful work of God. He knew there would be muck and mire; pain and heartache; temptation and sin. So he sent his Son, Jesus, to die on a cross so that you and I could become who we were created to be - wonderful and so much more. As Christ followers we are always in a state of becoming, if we choose to get dirty and do the hard work. The nice thing is we don't have to do it alone. We can ask for help from friends and family. We can ask God for inner strength and perseverance.

Be who you are becoming. Don't wait another day.

Who are you today? Who are you becoming?