Yesterday, we wrapped up our first Women’s Transformations weekend! While preparing for our two days together, I’m always amazed as I reflect on the dramatic transformation that God has done in my life over the years. Having experienced this transformation firsthand makes me desire even more strongly to see other women experience it in their lives.
God desires to take you from where you are and bring you to where He wants you to be. We come to God one way and He progressively changes us, liberates us and makes us into something new.
God takes us just the way we are—junk and all; He doesn’t expect us to get all our stuff together first. He takes us the way we are, but doesn’t want us to stay that way. He wants to transform our lives from the inside out, by first changing our hearts.
An important part of transformation comes when we allow what God says about us to begin to shape what we believe about ourselves. Over years of living our lives apart from God, our image of God can become deeply scarred. Through the pain, hurt and difficulties of life, we fail to see ourselves as God truly sees us.
In surrendering to God the brokenness of our lives, He begins to heal us; He begins to repair, restore and transform our lives.
As John Ortberg writes, “The good news that Jesus preached is that it is now possible for ordinary men and women to live in the presence and power of God. It’s not about minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven, but it’s about the glorious redemption of human life—your life.”
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