02.01.2010
  
Michael Fox CPCC,
founder of magine!,
is a professional
coach and trainer,
author and creative artist, whose work has been featured throughout
the world.

Michael is a
Certified Practitioner
of the
Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator.

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God's handiwork...   

If you've never seen it, it's difficult to imagine.

 

If you've seen it, I'll venture you did a double-take.

 

I vividly recall from my childhood an older gentleman standing outside of the church building, before and after worship, whittling as he visited. He manipulated his knife with the casual ease and speed a woman of his generation might have used to wield her knitting needles.

 

He used his blade to transform a one inch by one inch by eight foot piece of pine into a chain fashioned of loose wooden links.

 

One length of the wood was rigid; the other length was limp and its links shook with each cut of the knife.

 

The incongruity of the two extremities of the wood--a work in progress: one end unyielding, one end flexible--was astonishing. To this day that distant image is a metaphor for Paul's declaration to the Corinthians, "But we all...are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). Moving from unyielding to flexible, "from glory to glory"--that is, incrementally, one link at a time.  

 

"For we are God's handiwork--his workmanship, his creation, his masterpiece--created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (Ephesians 2:10).

 

 

Imagine the Father carving, transforming, you. Can you visualize his handiwork? Explore the depth of the metaphor. What comes up for you?

 

Where's the irony--in terms of metaphor--in that the wood, as it moves from unyielding to flexible, forms a chain?

 

What are some of the defining moments the many links of your chain might represent as God has transformed you incrementally, or, "from glory to glory"? 

 


Michael Fox
m�agine!

530/613.2774
407 Myrtle Drive
Farmerville, LA, USA 71241  
In addition to personal and professional coaching,
m�agine! specializes in spiritual transformation coaching,
employing its proprietary models
--Values, Vision, Voice
and Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength--

as well as
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator� curriculum
published by CPP, the People Development People.

Michael's books include
 
Complete in Christ,
Complete in Christ Spiritual Transformation Workbook,
and Biblio�files.

Coaching fees are based upon a sliding scale. Contact us for details.
For additional information, visit our website at maginethepossibilities.net.

Limited scholarships are available for spiritual transformation coaching.
On the flip side, if you are able, please inquire about opportunities
to fund scholarships for those who cannot afford coaching fees.

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