The Great Exchange

By Paula Williamson, guest writer

Looking at a newborn is about as close as we get to heaven on earth. We all start out so precious and innocent. We exchange the womb for a world filled with free will. That may sound great to a teenager, but anyone who has lived beyond those years knows we just mess up. We all come to a fork in the road where we look back and know we do not want what was behind us. Some of us realize that continuing on without believing we have a Savior, a Deliverer, a Healer will result in more of the same. Those of us who choose Him have great hope.

It Is Written

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Hope in Christ

What great words–new creation, new things have come! We all love new things, a redo, a rewind, a delete, clean sheets, and a shower. That is exactly what Jesus Christ paid an extravagant price to secure. He endured agony to put the past behind us and make all things new. The chains that would bind us to our mistakes, faults, and failures are gone. He makes all things new.

Prayer

Lord, I need the old things to pass away. I have made so many mistakes. I need a Savior. I ask You to make all things new in my heart, memories, emotions, and life. I surrender to You and Your ways. I want to be a new creation, with the old gone and me made new!

Takeaway

I am a new creation!