Who we are.

I think sometimes we forget that we are not who we will be.

In stories, characters grow quickly, turning into the person they will become; reaching pillar points & so much more in many ways that are fast, furiously fast, churning with a time almost unmatchable.

There are times when you grow quickly.

But those times, are few and far between in the walking of life.

More often than not, our growth come slowly. And often at high cost. The Master Crafter has only just begun shaping us into who we will be, now. We are young, & sometimes that hurts, & sometimes we forget that time in this broken world is made to pass, & that as Christians, we are to get better with age, as we learn and grow each day. We cannot become who we will be in a moment.

It takes time, to shape away the edges, the lumps, the hardness. We are still barely shaped clay, I think. I wonder, if that is maybe why He gives us the softness of face and flesh when we are young, that our outward beauty would balance the war that goes on within, as man learns how to become & to be, the growing & stretching of age that creates beauty in war-hardened hearts & bends wills to the joy of God in ways that cannot be known by merely waiting.

When wrinkles come & time weathers, joy does too.
Hearts become softer or harder. We are not who we will be.
Patience with this is hard, especially today.

We want to be done. We want to be good at patience. We want to not fail, not harm with our words, not stumble with our eyes & ears. Not to be led astray.

And by grace, we should strive for that with all that we are each day, but strive for it, in that we are pursuing Jesus, ardently pursuing our King, that we might know Him, & become more in the likeness of His Son each day. So strive, seek, pursue, rejoice, run after, engage, honor, recognize, respect, & look to those that are pursuing God, & becoming gentle & gracious still, those who are older, wiser, softer, who are a little more like Jesus, & be encouraged. God has made it to take time.

Do not become discouraged, & do not lay down your sword. We are called to a glorious Kingdom, & it is good. For He is good.

We are not now, who we will be.