Change is not always a good thing. What I need is not change from one thing to another but transformation from who I am into who I was meant to become. Only when God's transforming power touches me can I begin to live the simpler, freer, fresher, more creative, more patient, more passionate, more sacrificial, riskier, rawer, more real, more love-driven life God intended for me all along. That transformation is what awaits all who dare to enter the story of God. As Paul wrote, 'Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think' (Romans 12:2) . Steven James
About This Quote

The author of this quote, Ken Keyes, was a Christian author, speaker and pastor. The quote is from his book Living the Story of God. This book talks about the process of transformation that God uses to change people into more fully loving followers of Christ.

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