These past few weeks have been a wonderful time of renewal for me. God has dug and tilled and planted in my soul. The seedlings are beautiful and strong. He is my wholeness.
After the Personal Wholeness Weekend with church leaders I realized two things.
1. I have come a long way.
2. I have yet a long way to go.
But I am at peace. He is my wholeness. And I have fewer missing pieces than I thought. God's encouragement in that area is freeing. I think sometimes as Christians we get caught up in the fixing and forget about what has been fixed. There is a subculture that values Christians in the midst of heavy emotional and spiritual turmoil. It seems to say if you are not in that kind of battle dealing with some deep issue you are not doing it right.
God has reminded me over the past few weeks that I am doing it right, as much as humanly possible, and I am at peace. God showed me some wounds that are slowly healing and reminded me of how far I have come, how much of His glory is in me! He astounds me all the time! I know I have a long way to go yet and whether it be fraught with bloody battle or hard won inches on the front I know that God is my wholeness.
But to deviate from truth for the sake of some prospect of hope of our own can never be wise, however slight that deviation may be. It is not our judgement of the situation which can show us what is wise, but only the truth of the Word of God. Here alone lies the promise of God's faithfulness and help. It will always be true that the wisest course for the disciple is always to abide solely by the Word of God in all simplicity.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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