Gettin in Shape

I got this from "Our Daily Bread" for Dec 30, 2005. It quite inspiring for those of you who are in the run for getting the best out of yourselves. So, I think sharing this would worth something.

A wowan went to a diet center to lose weight. The director took her to a full-length mirror. On it he outlined a figure and told her, "This is what I want you to look like at the end of the program."

Days of intense dieting and exercise followed, and every week the woman would stand in front of the mirror, discouraged because her bulging outline didn't fit the director's ideal. But she kept at it, and finally one day she conformed to the imaged she longed for.

Transforming ourselves into a perfect character does not happen without hardwork and suffering. Our "out of shape" condition has to gone through suffering to attain the goal in becoming complete and mature. The painful process of learning is inevitable.

Are you hurting? Perhaps a shaping-up process is in progress.
The difficulties of life are to make us better...not bitter.