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Writer's pictureJoni

Day 3: Differently Changed



JANUARY,

the transitional month.

The NEW Year.

The NEW Beginning.

The NEW Chances.

The

LIFE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT

Month.

Then the days tick by

as the remnants of Christmas are packaged away

& then

nothing has really changed, except the weather,

as it gets colder and warmer, as it can't make up its mind.

The diet and the exercise becomes a roller coaster ride.

The 

I will never do this again & I will never do that again,

never seems to happen.

JANUARY

will then spill into

February 

& excitement will build 

as the 40th day before  Easter will arrive

bringing hope ,

because 

things will change & things will be different

once Easter arrives.

But 

does the day ever arrive 

when things really change,

when things are really different,

when you really live as one who is different?

Is it about a day, month or time of year

or is it about right now~

this moment

no matter what time of year of it is?

Can you & I

not look upon the seasons or a date on the calendar for things to change?

Can we just be 

DIFFERENTLY CHANGED

right where we are,

whether our toes are in snow boots or barefoot in the sand,

because we

KNOW that

just knowing that 

JESUS is in the snow,

JESUS is in the sand,

because

JESUS is where you are 

and that will never change,

but HE will change you. 

JESUS

isn't just a month.

JESUS

isn't just a season.

JESUS

isn't just a Sunday,

because

JESUS IS. 

HE makes you NEW~

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:

The old has gone, the new is here!" (2 Corinthians 5:17)

So 

do you want to begin

JANUARY

as one who is 

DIFFERENTLY CHANGED,

even though

the people, places & things around you 

are still the same. 

Are you waiting for 

_________ to change

or for 

___________ to be the answer

or once __________ happens then

you can really enjoy your life? 

But what if right now

 "we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.."*

So instead we look beyond

RESOLUTIONS

 and

 "Fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,

since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal"

(2 Corinthians 4:16-18).

What could you do in this SECOND that you are living in right now? 

If it is a great SECOND then it can be a greater SECOND,

 IN CHRIST.

If it isn't a great SECOND then it can be a greater SECOND,

 IN CHRIST.

Just what if we all took a breath and looked up 

into the eyes of the

ONE 

who has so much for each one of us 

in every 

NEW SECOND,

and that makes

 every

 SECOND

a greater SECOND

because 

JESUS is the ONE

who CHANGES everything.

And HE begins with CHANGING you.

Because

JESUS is MORE THAN A RESOLUTION,

because

HE

is the ONE

who makes you

"DIFFERENT" 

(listen to the song below) 

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