Slow and Steady

Transformation usually happens very subtly and slowly. If it's true that transformation should happen from the inside out, that makes sense. You could make a huge change in your thinking or the direction of your heart and your hair would look the same, you would still drive the same car, and you would probably still have the same amount of money. There wouldn't be any outward dividends for a while. But soon, hopefully you would start to do some things differently. Hopefully you would feel better and start to treat others better.

Two things I need to do differently because of this concept: 1. Be more patient with others - they could be transforming right before my eyes and the fruit could be coming later and not be visible yet. I don't want to kill it. And 2. I need to be quiet and still and wait for what God wants to change, subtly, in my life. I can look at others all I want. There's still a bunch of stuff about me that needs to change.