The Finishing

"Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion." Philippians 1:6 (NIV)

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I have looked at unfinished parts of my own character and assumed the project had stalled, that You had started something in me You would never actually complete.

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But You do not start what You do not intend to finish.

The very fact that a good work has begun in me is itself the evidence that it will be carried on, not abandoned halfway through, because that has never been how You work.

I called my incompleteness a failure.

It was simply a work still in progress, held by a Craftsman who does not walk away from unfinished pieces.

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Forgive me for mistaking in progress for abandoned.

You began this.

You will carry it to completion, on Your timeline, not mine.

Finishing Spirit, do not let me mistake unfinished for forsaken.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for a good work You intend to finish, not abandon.

Thank You for patience with what is still in progress in me.

Carry on today what You began. Amen.

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