More Like Him

Sometimes things rise up to the surface that you thought you had dealt with…pains, fears, faults…they bounce up and greet you with an odd familiarity. You try to push them down but they bounce up none the less. You pray for God to come and and take these little torments away. You don’t want to deal with them. The Lord answers by allowing more of these little annoyances to bounce up from the depths. “Do these all belong to me?” you ask. The Lord holds on tight and tells you He is there to help you change. He doesn’t allow the pains, fears, and faults to sink, He allows them to rise. He asks you to face them and to learn how to deal with them. He asks you to surrender and to become more like Him.