You Can't Avoid the Process

Sometimes to process we have to go through things before we can move forward from them.

I'm a processor. I don't like to have to make rash or on-the-spot decisions. I like to hear every side of the story and see a circumstance from every available angle. I like to process things. Sometimes this can make life difficult for the people around me; often, when people want an answer or advice for a circumstance or situation they want it right that moment, however, I am usually unable to provide that immediate gratification.

As much as I like to process things, I do not like to go through the process.

The process can be hard.
The process can be  painful.
The process can be  jagged and broken.
The process can be  remorseless.
The process can be  difficult.

The process makes me want to give up.

The process is refining.

The process is necessary.


We must go through the process.  We cannot avoid the process. It is only by going through the process, that the future is unlocked. When we try to skirt the process or run from it all together, we may go down a different road, but eventually will end up back at the beginning of the process. This cycle repeats until we make the choice to consciously go through the process. That decision is difficult because it means choosing to have pieces chiseled out and those that can't be chiseled out, refined by fire. Choosing to go through the process means actively reliving events, circumstances, and difficulties in order to allow God to remove them and heal us entirely - heart, mind, body, and soul.

The process does not guarantee us immediate gratification of the answers to the questions we are asking or solutions to the situations we are facing. The process does guarantee that we will encounter the peace of God as through the process we draw closer in the presence of God.

So, if you are coming out of the process, be open to God using you to encourage others through having vulnerability and sharing your story. If you are in a steady period of life, be prepared that as you level up it will require you to go through the process. Lastly, if you are in the process, hold on. Hold on to God - let go of the control. As you go through the process, know that you are being built up for the things yet to come. These things will be wonderful new adventures that will stretch you in ways never imagined, take you to places never envisioned, and fulfill the purpose that God is slowly revealing in you over time. So take heart, my dear friends, and go through the process.