Renewal

Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. Colossians 3:9-11 NKJV

These verses jumped out at me today because I realised on the weekend that God is reconstructing me. That explains the emotional rollercoaster ride! We really can go on for a long time without noticing things in our character that we'd function so much better without! I don't think God looks at us and says "I can't believe I made them like that" then goes about "fixing" us, but I do think He enjoys weaving more and more of His character into ours. The process can be... painful... unnerving... embarrassing... but being renewed in knowledge according to God's image and experiencing more of Christ in us ends up being liberating... enlightening... empowering and even exhilarating!