Who? Now and Then

Can you think back three years, five years or even ten years? Who are you, who would you prefer to be be the person you were three, five or ten years ago or would you prefer to be the person who have become today? Have the last ten years affected you in a positive or in a negative way? Is it all by change that we have become the person we are today? or is it ordained by God that we become that people we are today. Could it be that we are who we are because we have a purpose and that we can be used just as we are. Are we willing to endure that pain that is envolved in our daily change that can occur when we allow Jesus to mold us into His creation not the creation we have become because of our selfishness. I think a good illustration of this is the story of Penichio, he was create into perfection but despite the direction of his creator he chose to do his own thing and make his own decisions. He walked away from his creator, but just as Jesus did he searched for his son.