2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The
old has passed away; behold, the new has come."
Transformation
is an amazing thing. As we start to devote our lives fully to God we become a
new creation. The picture above is that
of a cross made from trash, actually old toilet paper rolls, probably the
worst kind of trash out there. You may think something in your life has
left you unworthy of God's love, but there is absolutely nothing you can do to
keep Him from loving you. No matter how trashy you feel, how trashy someone has
told you that you are, God does not see you this way. He sees your potential.
He knows your heart. He can take the trash of your soul and by grace change it
to something beautiful.
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2 Corinthians 4:16
"So we do not lose
heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is
being renewed day by day."
We
see time and time again in the Bible where even the worst sinners were
transformed by their Faith in Jesus. In Luke 7:37-50, "And, behold, a
woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in
the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his
feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe
them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with
ointment."
This
woman's faults were pointed out to Jesus, her worth was questioned. However, Jesus
knew right away what her true worth was. He was able to see past the trash, the
sin and see her potential even though she was a sinner. Jesus said to those who
questioned her, to those who felt she was worth nothing: "Therefore, I
tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But
whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The
other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives
sins?” Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in
peace.”
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Have faith in God! Give your life to
Jesus. Surrender your sorrows, your worries, and your trash. He will take all
of it and create something beautiful.
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