No Eggrolls, Just Gasoline

Hey Everybody! Happy 2011!! We’re already in the third month of the new year so I needed to get the blogging ball rolling.  Big things are happening this year, I hope you’ll come along for the ride!

I was getting dressed for a concert the other day and  I realized that I didn’t know where the concert was being held. I asked my friend where the concert was and she responded “It’s at the old St. Luke.” Since I’m not from here, that meant nothing to me!  She told me the name of the church that is CURRENTLY in that building and  I knew exactly where she was talking about. I laughed because I could think of several places in my hometown that we referred to as “the old _____” or “where _____used to be”. I said to myself “I wonder how long the new places have to be there before we stop describing them by what they USED to be?” I repeated the question to myself a few times. I thought about people I’ve met. To me, they were just Sally, Joe etc. until someone said “Sally that used to____”, “John that was involved in _____.” Then I thought about myself? Do I see something “new” when I look in the mirror or am I still reflecting on the past?   Isaiah 43:18-19a says, “Forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a NEW thing!” We are supposed to not only see the new thing, but stop dwelling on the old things.  When my friend told me where the concert was,  she omitted the current name of the place altogether! She didn’t acknowledge what IS because she referred to what used to be! Sometimes,  we can get caught up on who someone used to be that we don’t acknowledge who they are.  Apostle Paul wrote letters that still teach us how to live a Godly life.  He is the same man that worked to have Christians executed. Imagine what we would miss out on if we closed our minds to his teachings because we didn’t want to let go of his past.  There is a blessing in being new, not only for the person that has changed but for those around them as well.  Since I’m fairly new in the city, I don’t know what used to be.  I only know what IS! The Shell station might have been a Kung Fu buffet in the past but to me it’s only gas station! (No Eggrolls, just gasoline). That’s a fresh outlook! I will not use the past as a description for my present or for anyone else’s. God give us a fresh outlook, for ourselves and for those we encounter. Help us  not to bind ourselves or anyone else to their past ways, open my our eyes to newness!!  Help us to see what You see. Amen!  I challenge you to change your perspective and see how it changes your life!

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 1 Cor 5:17

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Romans 8:1

luv you 4 real

Rae

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