Something New

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Who doesn’t like new things? Marketers try to get our eye with the latest and greatest thing to convince us that we need it. But we don’t need to always be looking for something new to buy. Instead what about looking for something new to try?

When is the last time you looked for a new experience, or a new way to try something? Or even a new way to think? That is where most of us need to have a new thing in our lives, as we have the same old thoughts over and over again. If we’re honest, lots of the thoughts that recur inside out head are not uplifting thoughts, but a replay of the prior meeting, conversation, hour, day, week or life and examining where we have fallen short. Or to be more accurate where we feel we have fallen short.

What is it about the human experience that only reinforces when we didn’t do something right?

How about taking control? Take time right now to list two things you are grateful for. It doesn’t need to be a long list. If you do that to start off every day, it will focus your mind on what is good in your life that you can be grateful for, and it’s a much better way to start the day.

Then find a verse that says what you want to think about today. You can even use the same verse for a few days, it’s ok. You’re trying to create a new thing, and your old thing didn’t get created in a day, so why do we think that a simple verse and a short prayer will change everything? It can, but the reality is change is hard. Change is intentional. Change can take time, especially when it involves a commitment to develop a new thoughts.

It all starts now. Make the commitment to create new things starting with new thoughts.