Baby Steps to a Better Me
When my kids were young, they loved Dana Carvey's movie, Master of Disguise. I still see Dana clapping his hands together in rhythm while chanting, "I want to be the master of disguise, I want to be the master of disguise."
This morning I felt myself saying, “I want to be a better version of myself.” It was minus the hand-clapping because it doesn’t have the cadence to it and my wife was asleep.
Last year I said I want to be in a different place next year than I am today and that happened. I have a new job. We have an empty nest. But now I want to make this place better by being better myself.
It’s gonna take a year or more to get there. I don’t want to be perfect...well, I do...but I know it’s not realistic and I know God doesn’t expect it.
I don’t have a goal of what it looks like. It’s too early to tell. I just want to make progress toward sanctification. You know that word we use in church to describe the process of becoming more like Christ.
There are so many things Christ did for us on the cross. He rendered us justified, forgiven and positionally right with God, but sanctification is the thing He chose to partner with us on to make happen. It requires my cooperation, my willingness, my involvement. It’s not about earning, but yearning to follow Jesus.
My desire for this new year is to give momentum to the work God wants to do in me. I’m not going out to buy running shoes or a weight set, yet. I am going to start with, as Bill Murray put it, baby steps.
This morning I felt myself saying, “I want to be a better version of myself.” It was minus the hand-clapping because it doesn’t have the cadence to it and my wife was asleep.
Last year I said I want to be in a different place next year than I am today and that happened. I have a new job. We have an empty nest. But now I want to make this place better by being better myself.
It’s gonna take a year or more to get there. I don’t want to be perfect...well, I do...but I know it’s not realistic and I know God doesn’t expect it.
I don’t have a goal of what it looks like. It’s too early to tell. I just want to make progress toward sanctification. You know that word we use in church to describe the process of becoming more like Christ.
There are so many things Christ did for us on the cross. He rendered us justified, forgiven and positionally right with God, but sanctification is the thing He chose to partner with us on to make happen. It requires my cooperation, my willingness, my involvement. It’s not about earning, but yearning to follow Jesus.
My desire for this new year is to give momentum to the work God wants to do in me. I’m not going out to buy running shoes or a weight set, yet. I am going to start with, as Bill Murray put it, baby steps.
My granddaughter is a little over 7 months old. This time next year, she will be running. For me...I will settle for a leisurely stroll with God in the garden of His love.
posted by Jim Wern at 6:55 AM
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