FW: The nature of transformation

Yes, it’s true.  Transformation requires confrontation, and most simply won’t allow it, until after we’ve suffered enough or caused enough suffering.  We often claim that we want to change, but then when the pathway to change is placed right before our feet and lighted, we turn and walk the other way, often claiming ignorance or blind victimhood.  I can’t tell you how many people I’ve heard say, “I just don’t know.”, when after a few moments of further direct questioning it is clear that they DO know, they just won’t own what they know, and then refuse to do anything about it.  There is nothing to do about that but wait.  God has a uniquely personal way of bringing our inner conflict to the surface.  And it’s nothing overt; it’s simply in the design.  For me, it’s been “anxiety attacks,” a form of living death.  And it never fails to deliver the goods.  I stop resisting; the clash occurs; He wins. Thank God.