Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians, Chapter 5, verse 17.
I know my comparison can’t come anywhere close to
the impact this passage has on our lives as Christians. In my second grade class I have a Good
Choices Chart. Those who are making good
choices have their clothes pins in a particular area of the chart. There is another area of the chart where
students move their clothes pin if they make poor choices as a reminder for
them to refocus. I like to empower
students so that they feel capable of turning things around. I let them do things to help around the class
to earn it off. Afterwards, they can put
their clothespin back in the good choices section. Students start all over with their
clothespins in the Good Choices section each and every day.
Well, Salvation is kind of like this chart. When we are behaving in sinful ways and are
caught up in a self-focused lifestyle, our clothespins would be in the poor
choices section. Sometimes God will have
things happen in our lives, drawing our attention to our need to refocus. Once we ask God for forgiveness and try to
turn our lives around, we don’t have to do something tangible to earn off the
clothespin. Jesus did that for us
through His death and Resurrection! We
just need to do our best to continue to live as examples of how God works in our
lives. When we slip, just like the
chart, everyday we have a fresh start...thanks to Jesus. God never gives up on us.
Because this is an example of how I’ve applied this Bible passage to my life, it doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the passage.
