One Piece at a Time

Another surgery...gallbladder this time. It would seem that over the past 15 years, consisting of 10 surgeries + gallbladder makes 11, God has been bringing me home one piece at a time. And while none of these experiences has been pleasant, they are a kind of picture of what He's doing with me spiritually - spiritual "surgery", so to speak. There's the prideectomy, excisional laziness removal, selfishectomy, minimization of gossip and repeated tongue binding procedures. None of those are pleasant when they are going on, but God's Word tells us that He's working in us to conform us to the image of His Son, Jesus. I think that all of these "procedures" - both physical and spiritual, are the cause of the groaning while we're in this tent ("For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling," 2 Cor 5:2). I've been doing more than my share of groaning lately, and long for Heaven. Even if I have to get there one piece at a time...