You are a Palace

I'm sitting in bed listening to John Mayer, both excited and tentative about writing my first blogpost. I am also wondering why it's suddenly so much harder to type out my thoughts. I usually make it a ritual habit to journal before I fall asleep, and it feels strange to let computer keys take away my thoughts. Nevertheless, I will keep writing.

I figured I'd start with a little something from one of my favorite authors, C.S. Lewis. He has inspired me in so many ways, and coming across one of my journal entries, I found one of my favorite quotes written by him that I had copied down.

"Imagine yourself a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps you understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew those jobs needed doing so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of; throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage, but He is building a palace. And he intends to come live in it Himself." - C.S. Lewis

 This is SO huge. We go through trials with the idea that it's un-comfortable, painful, and hard, and indeed it may be, but Christ is preparing us for a palace that is FAR better than any earthly joy.

Who am I to doubt?? "The Lord will fight for you, you need only be still."(Exodus 14:14) Wow I am speechless. The fact that a God so great would take the time to restore ME. Every trial is an opportunity to say--"God is at work in this house--in me. "

So let Him work. Let him make you into something beautiful, even though you don't understand it at the moment. Embrace trials. Instead of cringing at them, rejoice. Because God is working. A trial is not an end, but a beginning. It is a glimpse at God's work within you.