Good encouragement Pat.

Thanks for sharing.

Vicki

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: Under Construction


> >It has not yet been revealed what we shall be. - 1 John 3:2
>>
>>Under Construction
>>
>>You say, "My life is so messed up at the moment." John replies: "Now we
>>are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be."
>>Have you ever been to a construction site? It looks like anything but a
>>building, doesn't it? That's because "it has not yet been revealed what
>>it shall be." But bit-by-bit, under the architect's supervision, bricks,
>>beams and piles of sand start taking shape.
>>
>>You may be a mess right now. Indeed, if the church is doing its job there
>>should be lots of messy people in it: people being pulled out of rough
>>situations, people in the process of being restored. No baby comes out of
>>the womb clean and dressed up; birth is painful and messy. But the good
>>news is you have been spiritually reborn. You are under construction.
>>There is a plan and purpose behind what's going on in your life. Things
>>will come together. You see, when Christ comes into your life your spirit
>>is immediately changed, but your emotions, appetites and attitudes still
>>need work - lots of it. In each of us there are areas that need to be
>>corrected and redirected. And until they are we struggle to handle them
>>in dysfunctional and carnal ways.
>>
>>Those who say, "If you were really a Christian you wouldn't act like
>>that," tend to forget that falling down is just part of learning to walk.
>>You can know what to do yet struggle to do it. Relax! God is at work in
>>your life. He won't give up on you!
> 
> Love you all,
> Pat Ferguson