"From glory to glory He's changing me,
Changing me, changing me.
His likeness and image to perfect in me; The love of God shown to the world.

For He's changing, changing me,
From the earthly things to the heavenly, His likeness and image to perfect in me; The love of God shown to the world.

There was a dear woman in our Fellowship, now at home with the Lord, who called every trial and hard circumstance a glory. Through trials, as the song above says, it is God who is at work changing us from the earthly to the heavenly.

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10

"And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." Romans 12:2

"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age." Titus 2:11-12

"...In reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self which is being corrupted in accordance with the lust of deceit. And that you be renewed in the spirit of your, mind and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth." Ephesians 4:22-24

Hebrews 12:5-11 speaks of the Father's discipline (child training) for His children. (Read verses 1-13 for the full picture.) "...Do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by Him; For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines..." Vs. 5-6 "...He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness." Vs. 10-11

The precious Christian I mentioned above had a right attitude concerning trials for we see in James 1, we are to, "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, Vs. 2 What is God's purpose here (He doesn't leave us to wonder)?
"Knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Vs. 3 The goal is:
"And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." Vs. 4

Let us rejoice that our heavenly Father loves us so much that He will complete His work in us. He tells us through the Apostle Paul's words to the Philippians, " For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6

We are all works in progress! Let us have that right attitude knowing that God is at work changing us from the earthly to the heavenly that we may
share His holiness. How unbelievable awesome is our God!   Amen