Renovation.

More often than not, it takes awhile for people to change. We gradually learn from experiences, take in words of advice from people... but it all takes time to process, to really settle in and set in our hearts.

But I think that when God really wants to, He changes us pretty quickly. Over the past few days He has completely refreshed me, and completely changed my perspective on life.

That said, I am worried that my convictions and the things God spoke to me will be forgotten in a few months. Or a year. Or maybe weeks. It's like that spiritual high that so often comes with retreats and conferences, and that so often fades away as we settle into our worldly lives that we were living before said spiritual high. So there's this fine line between our emotions being stirred by an encounter with God and our hearts being transformed by it.

And I don't want to forget. God made some major changes in my heart that I sincerely pray will continue throughout my entire life. (What all of these changes are might come in later posts, and they might not; a good amount was written in the previous though, I think. Or you can ask me.)

It seems that we so easily go back into the patterns and schedules that we're used to and comfortable with. I wish it wasn't so easy to settle; I don't want to settle.