Grittiness to Greatness

By Heidi McLaughlin –

God knows I am a visual person; and one day He gave me this great audio visual display of the formation of a pearl. I stood in awe as I grasped the miraculous concept of the creation of a pearl. Then the Holy Spirit gave me an epiphany that put an exhilaration and anticipation into my heart. If God can take a tiny, insignificant piece of grit, that ended up on the bottom of the ocean in the wrong place at the wrong time, and through time and process, because of the irritation transformed it into a unique, magnificent pearl, imagine what HE can do with us. You and me. His Creation. His daughters. Created in His image. Not only that; but in 1 Corinthians 2:16 it tells me that you and I have been given the “mind of Christ” so that God can communicate with us to help us with the transformation process from grittiness to greatness.

God so lovingly and gently guides us through this transformation process, but you and I have to do our part. We have to begin to learn a new way of living, but we also have to begin to make bold choices to unlearn bad habits, patterns, and destructive ways of thinking. In Romans 12:2 the Bible tells us, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is-His good, pleasing and perfect will.” When we begin to give God our “patterns of this world” and let Him cover them with His love, forgiveness, and grace, He will begin to make us gorgeous from the inside out.

This miraculous process compelled me to write my latest book, SAND TO PEARLS: Making BOLD Choices to Enrich Your Life. Each chapter is focused on some of the destructive patterns of this world that we have bought into, but then I do not leave you helpless. At the end of each chapter I give 12-15 sample bold choices that you and the Holy Spirit can begin in your own life. We are standing on the brink of a brand new year. Why not make ONE CHOICE to unlearn a destructive habit and let God show you a new way of living? A life of greatness!

I am so passionate about women grasping this concept that I speak on this topic all across North America. For more information about my HEART CONNECTION MINISTRY, stop and visit my website at www.heartconnection.ca and watch a 6 minute interview on this particular topic. You can also see a T.V. interview with Moira Brown on 100 Huntley Street, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poRsKqCFKQ or go to my book store at: http://www.heartconnection.ca/store.htm

Heidi is an international speaker and author. Her latest book SAND TO PEARLS: Making BOLD Choices to Enrich Your Life, has been a tool to inspire women across the nation. Heidi is married to Pastor Jack and they have a blended family of 5 children and 9 grandchildren. They live among the beautiful vineyards in Kelowna, B.C. Canada.

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