Recently I received a green, polished rock.
It may seem like an odd token, but every time I look at it, I'm reminded of God's faithfulness (specifically in this chapter of my life that's about to close) and that he isn't finished with me yet. Nor is he finished with you, friend. He's working to smooth out the rough edges so one day we'll be smooth, polished rocks. He is faithful to finish the work he started in us. He's in the refining process, and even though it's not always fun, it's necessary. Philippians 1:6 says, "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
God can take what we are with all our pain and imperfections and make us what he wants us to be. The end result is more valuable than any comfort or absence of problems. Romans 8:28 says, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
Sometimes it takes the hard things to change into what we should be. And oh, how thankful I am that God isn't finished with me yet. I'm reminded of this song, 'He Didn't Throw the Clay Away.'
He is the potter, and I am the clay.
Molded in his image, he wants me to stay.
When I stumble and fall, and my vessel breaks,
He just picks up the pieces, he doesn't throw the clay away.
Over and over, he molds me and makes me.
Into his likeness, he fashions the clay.
A vessel of honor, I am today,
All because Jesus didn't throw the clay away.
Do you have a token of God's faithfulness in your life? What reminds you that he's still working on you?