Personality chefs on TV,
skilled in the art
of creating wonderful food,
take basic ingredients
and conjure up delicious meals,
apparently effortlessly,
in minutes.

My cooking is usually
oh, so different!

I, too, take basic ingredients,
prepare them,
place them in the slowcooker,
switch the slowcooker on,
and head out to work.

My meals usually
take a whole working day to cook
and after all that time
I can’t even claim
that they’re delicious
as I’m not a great cook!

In my spiritual life
I have a sense
that My God is transforming me.
It’s a slow process.

My God takes two essential ingredients –
my flawed personality
and my agreement
and he works skilfully
and patiently
to transform me into someone
who reflects his love.
My God’s aim
is to make me whole again.

Just as my dinner in the slowcooker
takes a whole working day to cook,
so the work of My God
will take my lifetime to complete.

I must be patient
but it will be worth it
because My God
is a master craftsman! © Claire Murray