New

This morning I took a new route to work.  It was so life-giving! (on a Monday morning, sometimes it’s the little things…)

With each passing traffic light, I tried to decide why it felt so good to drive by new trees, new streets, and new Eat ‘N Parks.  The way I drove to work this morning is much more residential than what I typically drive, so I passed by a number of kids on their way to the bus stop or school.  No doubt, this was part of why I loved it—watching kids in their Hollister t-shirts lug their saxophones across the sidewalk (I couldn’t decide if I miss those days or not).

But, I remembered—this is why I really loved the new drive:

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Newness is from Christ!  All joy that I experience in new things flows from that truth.  I am new.  Now.

Eat a new cereal today.  Try a new hairstyle.  Talk to a new colleague.  And “behold, He is making all things new” (Revelation 21:5).