Strained

I am being strained.

Constantly,

daily,

moment by moment.

There is a purpose,

there is a goal,

there is a reason,

but

sometimes

it's painful,

frustrating,

irritating.

Sometimes I see

no reason for

the straining

of my life,

my thoughts,

my attitudes,

my choices.

Other times I understand completely!

God is working.

He's filtering me,

straining me,

sifting me,

skimming away,

straining away

everything 

that doesn't look like Christ.

In the end

what is left

will look

 just like

HIM!

He's not being mean,

it's all done

out of love

and

in the end

he's making me into

the person

I

was meant to be.

(Heb. 10:14,  Heb. 12:3-24, 1 John 3:1-3)