"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" -- 2 Corinthians 5:17

There is the old you, and there is the new you.  Whether you were born into a Christian family and have been taught the faith all of your life, or you have come to know Jesus through a dramatic conversion experience, for every Christian, there is "before" and there is "after" Christ.  For the one who has had the "road to Damascus" sort of conversion, the line that marks the change is clear.  For the one who was born into Christianity, there came a point in your life when you accepted the faith as no longer that which belonged to your parents, but it was truly and personally yours.  Once you live your life in Christ, for Christ, and with Christ, you cannot be the same ever again. You cannot remain the same once you crossover either.  You are a work in progress-- never perfect, never complete.  You are changing even now into someone who will either deepen their faith or into someone who fades from their faith identity.  You can't stay still.  You are changing.  We know that today is your "before" and tomorrow is your "after".  What will it look like?  Who will you be?

Readings:  Job 40:1-42:17; 2 Corinthians 5:11-21; Psalm 45:1-17; Proverbs 22:14