In Need of Chiseling

After reading a portion of a long story* about Jacob, I wrote these words in my journal:

“Thank You, Father, for a rich time in Your Word! I needed to be reminded of Your great grace that is so evident in the life of Jacob.                                          

He was a liar, a deceiver, a schemer...; but instead of obliterating him, You chiseled** away on him year after year in order to remove those sins (and others!) and to reveal the Jacob You saw in him before he was born, the Jacob You intended him to be.”

Dear Reader, God will do the same for you and me if we want Him to. So let's let Him. In fact, let's ASK Him to change us.

*Genesis, chapter 25 and following

**A term used by Beth Moore in The Quest, p.128