When we experience spiritual rebirth by repenting, believing in and following Jesus Christ, it is hard to imagine it is only the first step of what God is going to do in our life. But a process begins to sanctify us and make us more like Jesus each day. An old Gospel song describes that refining process. “I’m just an old lump of coal, but I’m going to be a diamond some day. I’m going to shine and glow until I’m blue pure perfect. I’ll put a smile on everybody’s face. I’m going to pray every day, lest I become vain along the way. I’m just an old lump of coal now Lord, but I’m going to be a diamond some day.” It takes a lot of time, heat and pressure to turn a lump of coal into a diamond and God’s refining process in us is not always comfortable or easy, but it is so worth it. After all these years, I may not be blue pure perfect, but I do put a lot of smiles on faces as they see my family resemblance with Jesus.