A lot of talk about change these days...
Regardless of where they are spiritually, almost anyone I talk to about their salvation experience says the same thing: "I have changed." I know I have. I can't really explain the difference between the old and new me. I was raised a Christian, and except in my young teen years, I didn't really embrace a Christ centered life. One of the concerns/questions that came up when I tried to explain what happened to me to my family was:
-"I don't understand what you are talking about... You've always been a nice person..."
As nice as this comment sounds, I know that something deeper happened when I decided to start my walk. "Being a nice person" simply wasn't good enough... I needed more. I am still working on explaining what is happening to me. In a way, it is a easier to "live out" what is happening, than to describe it.
It's also a little easier for me to understand why so many of us can relate to Peter's transformation after his encounter with Christ. He was an ordinary man, a fisherman, a sinner, a regular Joe-six pack (I had to make an election related comment...) who became a pillar of the early church. He had no any idea that his life would change so dramatically when he met Jesus, he just knew that something was happening. Maybe he decided to follow Christ because he was grateful, or tired of being a fisherman... Either way, it sounds like a switch was turned on in his heart, and he just knew that he needed to leave everything behind. Sounds familiar.
More on change as the new year approaches...
EED
Regardless of where they are spiritually, almost anyone I talk to about their salvation experience says the same thing: "I have changed." I know I have. I can't really explain the difference between the old and new me. I was raised a Christian, and except in my young teen years, I didn't really embrace a Christ centered life. One of the concerns/questions that came up when I tried to explain what happened to me to my family was:
-"I don't understand what you are talking about... You've always been a nice person..."
As nice as this comment sounds, I know that something deeper happened when I decided to start my walk. "Being a nice person" simply wasn't good enough... I needed more. I am still working on explaining what is happening to me. In a way, it is a easier to "live out" what is happening, than to describe it.
It's also a little easier for me to understand why so many of us can relate to Peter's transformation after his encounter with Christ. He was an ordinary man, a fisherman, a sinner, a regular Joe-six pack (I had to make an election related comment...) who became a pillar of the early church. He had no any idea that his life would change so dramatically when he met Jesus, he just knew that something was happening. Maybe he decided to follow Christ because he was grateful, or tired of being a fisherman... Either way, it sounds like a switch was turned on in his heart, and he just knew that he needed to leave everything behind. Sounds familiar.
More on change as the new year approaches...
EED
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