“And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.” Ezekiel 36:26 NLT

My wife came home from work yesterday and had to tell me what happened. She teaches pre-schoolers, and one little girls has a parent who is a dermatologist. The little girl came up to Katie and, looking intently at her asked, “You usin’ that face cream we gave you?” Katie replied, “Yup… I used it all up.” to which the little girl replied… “we’ll we need to get you some more!”

This week I was walking out of a store while a twenty something gal was walking in. Taking one look at me she blurted out,” Nice haircut… you don’t see THAT much these days!”

Yesterday at church I was standing beside my friend Howie. Howie is in his 80’s! I can’t tell you exact age, because it changes so quickly I can’t remember. He told me he had just gotten back from eating ‘Valentines Dinner’ at a particular restaurant. I told him, tongue in cheek, “That’s where old people go!” He responded with a smile, “what’s yer point” (Valentine’s Day isn’t for 2 days…but he told me they raise prices then!).

Life gets more interesting the more I experience it. The kind of person I am INSIDE can easily be seen from the outside. What someone says without thinking, even tongue in cheek, could easily be taken as an offense… IF that is my particular frame of mind. If I am looking to be offended, it’s easy to BECOME so because, honestly, I don’t have to look far to get offended. God’s Word is offensive (Galatians 5:11).

If the brevity of life scares me, then God saying ‘man’s life is like grass… here today gone tomorrow’ will cause me to turn from reading it. Even though He makes reference to it 8 times in the Bible! The truth is…I am NOT DYING!

The purpose of the Word of God is to draw us to Him. He doesn’t have to scare us in. Sin and life as it is, along with all its enemies, does that naturally. Years ago I heard the message that, though I am flesh, I CAN have abundant and eternal life…if I CHOOSE it. And I did and can tell you… it’s true!

In light of eternity I am just a spring pup! Those ‘old’ comments rolled off all of our backs and we can laugh about them. Because we KNOW who we are in Christ, we can rest assured that He always has us. My new heart gets newer every day…! Does yours?