how to eat an elephant...

Today I shovelled the drive way. It was four inches thick and it rained buckets the entire time. For some reason this drive way represented everything I had ever struggled with, all the mountains I tried to climb but seemingly failed.
I remember what a wise man once asked me, "Andrea, how do you eat an elephant?" his reply, "one bite at a time."
With every scoop and heave of snow I heard in my head "how do you eat an elephant, one bite at a time; how do you eat an elephant, one bite at a time...."

Eventually I finished the driveway. It took me two hours and one large toll on my back but I felt like I had accomplished something great- the realization that little bit after little bit I can get through anything. Its strange how God requires nothing but faith from us but sometimes its like trying to eat an elephant. Accepting that Christ died for me once and for all- for every sin (even today's, even tomorows') sometimes takes the same effort as eating an elephant. Bit by bit truth is consumed until you have consumed the whole thing and have accomplished something great- that is- the realization of Christ's unconditional love for me that is without effort to receive and completely free.