So, you know a few days ago, I went through an amazing transformation. Under the hand of very skilled artists and in a garment full of sparkles…

I went from this….

To this…

I was thinking about how awesome it is to completely give yourself up to someone’s vision for you. Someone who has a skill you don’t have, who can see the rough product they’re working with and make something you’d NEVER imagine for yourself. And I realized how much this relates to our relationship with Christ.

When we give our lives to Him, we’re essentially saying, I can’t do this on my own, here’s my life. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this true in my life. As I’ve been typing up my journals, I’m seeing patterns and how God has used different circumstances and trials to mold me into what He wants me to be. I gain the most growth when I say, you know what God, I have NO idea what I’m doing, you take the wheel! If I sat there under the brushes and hair spray and said, um, put this here, don’t do that there….they’d look at me like I was crazy. I have NO idea what I’m talking about. We even had a conversation on the drive home about doing a makeup class for makeup dummies. I seriously have NO idea what to do with my hair or makeup, it’s ridiculous! And that’s why my transformation was so shocking! That’s why people couldn’t recognize me. I hope that my life looks like that…that I’ve given up MY input on what GOD should do so much that I am half as beautiful on the inside as I was in that wedding gown.

So readers, be the clay.