We had lunch with some friends, who are good inside-out, who are honorable, who make a difference wherever they are, and who I aspire to be like. These friends define love. So. It seemed they were talking about someone else when they told stories about their messed-up lives of the past, how they did not care about others, and how eventually they hated themselves and life. Broken, they looked beyond themselves, and asked Christ into their lives. Seriously. Change does not define what happened. It can only be described as a process of being made new . . .
New life. New hope. New faith. New destiny. New way of thinking. New attitude. New confidence. New boldness. New courage. New way.Consider.
No one pours new wine into old wineskins. The wine would swell and burst the old skins. Then the wine would be lost, and the skins would be ruined. New wine must be put into new wineskins. Both the skins and the wine will then be safe. (Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, and Luke 5:39, CEV).Jesus made it clear "new wine" does not belong in "old wineskins." To live new, not old, we must intentionally move out of the old way of thinking, behaving, and speaking, seeking the new thing God has for us, open to the power of the Spirit to make us new each day. So. Surrender the old, anticipate the new.
Examine the details of life, asking is this thought, behavior, attitude, or word from the "old" or "new" way of living?
Intentionally step into the power of being made new . . . moving farther away from the old stuff of life . . . to experience a fresh beginning today . . . with anticipation of the new thing God has planned for you.Learning to Kickstart the day anticipating living new, not old,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)