Patience in Pruning

I want turmoil in my heavy heart to be quickly resolved. But I’m learning that God lets me see and feel brokenness in my life at the right time—not to expose it for a mere moment, but to invite me into a completely new way of living. It’s actually the identity of a Christian to find joy and peace in the vulnerable but loving process of pruning. I actually crave that long and beautiful symphony of prayer when I get to offer a new area of my hard heart to receive grace and be softened into Christ-likeness.