Please Be Patient, God isn't finished with me yet!

I had a bumper sticker on my first car that read "Please be patient, God isn't finished with me yet!". I thought it was cute and a basic statement of faith. A few years down the road, I was at NNU sitting in chapel when our chaplain preached a sermon about that very bumper sticker on my car. I admit, the reason I probably remember this so well is because it aroused a lot of emotion in me. I was hurt. I had thought it was cute and he was telling us how it was a wrong principle to live by. Now, I realize how right he was. (And yes, I have gotten over my silly bout of hurt.) You see, he was trying to tell me that I can't live my life waiting on God to make me a better person or do something great with me...especially if I am being difficult and stubborn. I have to constantly seek Him and his desire for me. I have to grow in my walk with Him. God isn't finished with me yet, but that day will not be until I enter eternity. It is not everyone around that needs to be patient, but rather myself. I need to be patient with myself as I allow God to mold me into who He wants me to be. When I look back at who I was in college, I am so thankful that God did not stop there. I was selfish and stagnant. I didn't know what it meant to truly walk and depend on Christ. I was proud. I thought I had it all figured out. I didn't understand why I needed to read God's Word each day. If I read my Bible, it was to cross it off my list of "Things good people do". I had the opportunity to hear God's Word shared with me on many accounts each week, yet chapel was often a time to catch up on reading or daydreaming. I am so thankful that God kept working on my heart. I definitely do not have it all figured out, but with God in the lead I do not need to worry, just follow. Lately I have felt very lonely. Yet, through it, God has reminded me that He is right there with me. He has me where He wants me to be. I wish I could go to chapel several times a week...a wonder what they would think if I showed up with 6 kids in tow?