What Do You Mean "CHANGE"?

If anyone belongs to Christ, there is a new creation. The old things have gone; everything is made new!

2 Corinthians 5:17

One of the programs my bride and I like to watch is called "Fixer Upper" where a couple (and their "behind the scenes magic elves") take an often old, run-down, sometimes junker of a house, and they restore it to life in a new way.  The transformation is really amazing for most of the homes.  And....as per usual....my mind began to wander....

Think about this, we go through our lives just doing what we do.  We are happy when things go our way and we are not happy when they don't.  Some of us reach the point where we aren't sure why we were even put here.  Some of us just go through the routine of existence because we don't know anything else to do.

Have you even seen a caterpillar turn into a butterfly?  There are lots of stages that have to be endured, but the end result is an amazing transformation.  The same thing happens when we become Christians, a transformation begins and continues for the rest of our lives.  Does becoming a Christian mean we no longer have struggles? Nope, we still do.  Does it mean that all our problems will be immediately resolved? Nope, not always.  Does it mean everyone will love us and be nice to us?  Not by a long shot!  In fact, many will hate you.

So what's the purpose?  Because as a truly transformed Child of God, you begin to see the world from your true perspective.  God began a project for your life before time was time, and that restoration (yep, you're a "Fixer Upper" just like me) takes place you will truly BE a new creation. You will begin to see life in a new way. You will begin to realize that the grudges you've held onto for so long, don't really matter.  You will realize that you truly ARE worth it! You will begin to understand how everything in all the Universe and time was orchestrated just for this moment in YOUR life.

Welcome to the family!