Transform

This past week at camp we talked about Transformation. This is what popped into my mind after reading 2 corinthians 3:7-18 for devotion (It's kind of cheesy, but read the scripture and read through the following) ::

I start out as powder, formless and without shape, only red powder. Not by my will am I poured into water. I am poured and urged to mix by way of a large spoon. I'm spinning and now I'm everywhere. Before I was contained doing well on my own in the nice comfy dark pouch, just like all of the other jello. You would think my struggle is over just when I start to get warm and then hotter and hotter then I realize I'm boiling! I haven't figured out why all of this is happening to me yet. After the extreme heat I am poured out again into a bowl I have never been in before and just as I was geting used to the heat, comes the frigid cold. I'm longing for the days when I was powder and on my own. I'm cold for what seems like forever feeling sloppy and messy. After my wait I begin to feel whole again, and I'm anxious for my next adventure rather than feeling so pessimistic about it. Once again I'm taken out of the dark into the light and almost immediately people start grabbing at me. It's through this that I realize my purpose was far greater than staying in a dark, comfy pouch. I was made for others. I was made to step out of my comfort zone.

So, yeah it was a little story about jello, but I do believe I can relate to the step by step process that jello might feel if it had feelings. While the jello's transfromation was wayyyyy quicker than ours is, I think it makes me all the more hopeful.