Speaking of 2016, like most people I contemplated my annual resolutions. Screw that, this year I ain't making any. I'm tired of year after year trying to make a better me. Be a better me (husband-dad-friend-co-worker-employee-Christian), Lose weight, get in shape, read more, be nice, study the Bible, make more money... blah blah. What usually happens is some temporary (well intentioned but not really meaningful) change that leads to long lasting frustrations. I've realized that I am always going to be me with all the same struggles and triumphs that make me-me.
Instead, my simple 2016 motto. Therefore, if anyone is In Christ he is a new creation". 2 Cor. 5:17ff. I want to learn to trust the fact that I have been made exactly how my savior Christ wants me to be. I want to accept my faults and fears and learn to proclaim them for what they are-namely satans attempt to convince me that his lies about me are insurmountable so that I will forget the truth of who I am In Christ. I want to learn to battle his lies with the truth of Gods Word and celebrate my ever evolving newness In Christ. I am working to shed the grave clothes that keep me in the tomb of death and darkness and walk in the newness of light and life In Christ. If Christ is in me, there can be no room for satans lies to take hold. Oh it wont be easy, I need to see someone different when I look in the mirror, I need to see other people differently, I need to see God differently. Lets see where this goes.....
