A New Year A New You

Thursday, December 28th, 2017     by Debra DuPree Williams     One Comment

By Debra DuPree Williams @DDuPreeWilliaims


I think we’ve all made that New Year’s resolution. You know the one I’m talking about. Where we put away all those things we don’t like about ourselves and work at becoming the person we truly wish we were. The most popular of these has to be to lose that extra weight we gained during the past year.


Believe me, I’m in that boat with you, sailing down (or is it up?) that river of fat. Not a pretty picture at all is it? Not from where I’m sitting. And I will admit, that is definitely one of the things on my new me list for this next new year. I was pretty successful last year. I began on New Year’s Day and by May, I had lost about twenty to thirty pounds, depending on the day of the week and how cantankerous my scales wished to be on any given day.

Somehow, at least half of those lost pounds managed to become found within the past few months. All that hard work, for nothing. Not quite, but almost right back to my starting place.

This year, I hope to do things differently. My family is joining me in this venture and I think that with support for one another, we may all succeed. All prayers for success are greatly appreciated.
What the Bible Says
Well, the new year got me to thinking about what the Bible says about new. My particular translation, NASB, references the word nine times, eleven if you count that new is used twice within a couple of the cited verses. Of these verses, my favorite is Ephesians 4:24, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. I particularly like the first part of this, put on the new self.

Have you ever wanted to reinvent yourself? Become someone other than the you walking around in your skin at this moment in time? I think most of us have at least considered that idea.

Here is the Good News─you can become a new creature in Christ. II Cor. 5:17 tells us that very thing─Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come (NASB).

Challenge
I challenge you as you enter this new year, ask if you are content with the person you are. Do you feel complete, or is something missing? If you do not know Christ as your personal Savior, I ask you to invite him to become the Lord of your life before the new year arrives. He doesn’t promise us that life will be without trials and tribulations, but He does tell us that He will be there beside us, to carry our burdens, to lighten the load (Psalm 55:22 and Matthew 11:28-30).

As you make the decision to become a new you in this new year, consider becoming a new you spiritually as well as physically. You will have your best year ever, because you have just been granted eternal life. The minute you asked Christ to dwell within your heart, you became that new creature mentioned in Ephesians. Happy New Year!  Happy New You!

Tell us how your life changed when you decided to become a new you. Leave your comments below.

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  1. Unknown says:
    December 28, 2017 at 9:09 am

    Thank you for the Challenge.

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