Are You Being Stretched?

I definitely am! This snake appeared to be a solid brown color. We discovered that we were very mistaken when its skin was stretched and its pretty pattern was revealed. (This picture shows the neck and tail looking plain and the middle section stretched and pretty.)
Have you noticed that we may appear one way when life is flowing all happy and things are going our way, but our true colors are revealed when we are stretched beyond our confort zone. This does not have to be a bad thing. God can use that stretching process to reveal what is really there so we can once again turn to HIM to rearrange our ugly markings and create beautiful patterns in our lives. And, when our markings are already looking good, He will refine and beautify them even more. HE is just cool like that!