Changing Forms

Looking back on my younger days, I had, probably still have, a really good imagination.  No brothers or sisters to have to worry about so I had plenty of time to really enjoy the many places I could go in my mind.  I also could almost become my toys, especially the really cool ones. 

Speaking of cool, When the Transformers hit the scene back in the 80’s, I got hooked instantly.  The Transformers were perfect for me.  Two toys in one.  I had a robot…and a car, truck, or airplane.  On many occasions I would get lost in my own little world with my little transforming cars and trucks and airplanes and become a part of the world I created.  

Oh, and the joy of getting a new Transformer!  The fun of getting home, opening the packaging, and figuring out how to move parts around to get it from one form into another.  The satisfaction that I got when the transformation was complete.  I had conquered it!  Success!  Now it joined the league ready to take on the evil of my world.

What a great concept, in my opinion.  Being in one form and having the capability of changing into something else, a completely different form. 

Who knew that how ever many years later that I would be writing to tell you that I liked the transformers so much that I invested and have become a Transformer myself.

It started not long after the Transformers came on the scene.  It’s a process that is going to take a lifetime to complete.  But man, when I get done I’m going to be awesome!

Of course the transforming that I’m writing about here is the same thing that Paul was writing to the church at Corinth:

17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. ~2 Corinthians 3:17-18

I thought that once the transforming started it was going to be easy.  Boy, was I wrong. 

It wasn’t long after I started transforming that I started getting lazy.  I stopped being excited about continuing to let the Lord move me around and continue making me to be what he wanted. 

Then, I just stopped. In a sense, I guess I started reversing the transformation process. Discouragement, selfishness, personal desires and later in life just plain disbelief, pretty much completely stopped it all.

It was at that point that I started worshipping my own gods that I speak about so often on this blog.  I guess, a good summary of my un-transformed life, after I knew what I was supposed to be is found right here:

29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.- Romans 1:29-35

If you know me that might seem a bit harsh. I guess you may think it’s spot on which I hope isn’t the case.  I know that in my heart this is how I want to describe me at my lowest. 

I’m so thankful that God and his Spirit enjoys playing with transformers.  When I was at that lowest I let them grab me back up and start moving my parts around, to transform me again.  This time, though, I’m going to let them finish! 

All the angels in Heaven will be rejoicing when my transformation is complete.  They can be just as excited about my transformation as I was when I brought that toy home for the first time.

There are times I think We are really really close to getting everything lined up just right and something will happen.  Then when I examine myself, I’m a mess or certain things were put in the wrong place.  That’s when it stops being “we“ and becomes just “me” trying to do the transforming.  Just proof that Satan likes to play with transformers too. 

Not sure when I will be finished transforming.  Right now We are working on getting everything in it’s perfect place.  My heart, my mind, my everything is in motion, to be complete, to be….transformed.

Because of HIM

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