And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.Rev 21:5 KJV
I sometimes have these moments when I want so much to have a “new” start.The one thing that I give Madonna credit for is her ability to see that if she were to remain relevant in this generation, she would have to reinvent herself… I love that.. A new life theme, every three or four years. I get caught up occasionally and dream of starting my life over.I would do it all differently.
I think about reinventing myself to be something totally different than I am today.Genetically speaking, I would like to trash this fat-ridden body I have now, along with my faircomplexion, and roman nose and change myself to a tall, slender, dark, curly-headed athlete who has trouble GAINING weight and can sing like abird!!!
I would keep a clean body -- , never try smoking, drinking, drugs or food that was bad for me. I would take special care of my childhood treasures.. I would retain the knowledge and make the most of my piano, guitar, clarinet, flag, twirl, oboe, karate, ballet, tap, acting and sewing classes.I would take better care of my teeth, I wouldn’t have worn some of the clothes I did in the eighties.I would have leaned on Christ more.I would be nicer, kinder, gentler and more loving than I was growing up.I would make my life WAY different… if I could only start over, I would be way better!
Isn’t it what all of us in the human race strive for everyday?Something better….We go for the latest trends… technology, fashion, cars, lifestyle.We want a new way to do the old things and a new thing to replace the old.
Wait… this isn’t a about forgiveness, regrets or “loving yourself just as you are.”I need no help loving myself.That is the problem… I have loved myself rotten.This is about a new thing. Lately God has been pounding me with words about “new things”, so I Googled it!In the Old Testament alone, I quickly found five times where he is talking about doing a new thing.And it hit me…. He is ALWAYS doing a new thing.He IS the creator… HE LOVES new things!He wrote the book on new things! Then I heard someone say that in the bible HE speaks in present tense so much because it is always NOW that he is doing the new thing.And when I get my mind around the principal of him being the God of NOW, it makes me want to start dancin’.
Lately, almost every day, he shows me a new thing…. It’s a wild trip of learning and listening and waiting and praying and receiving… but I keep getting new things!
The ability to have a new thing every day, to my mind, is so cool.That line in the Tom Petty song that says… “yeah, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past..,” has always stopped me down in thought.But it IS exactly what Christ does when you get to know him.It is exactly what I hope God does with this magazine and exactly what I pray for when times get hard.
When he gives us a revelation, he gives us a hunger for a new one.When he gives us a blessing, he gives us faith to stand in belief for another one. When he comes into us, he says we are new creations.He renews our mind, he redeems our time.He makes all things possible.
I am making it my personal mission with this magazine to tell everyone about the “newness” that Christ brings.
