New

So there's this idea that once you come to know Christ, he makes you a new person.

But what does that look like?

Every moment we have an array of choices. Is knowing Christ making a choice unlike choices made before? How do we even gain the capacity to choose differently?

Each day we have moments to be the person we want to be. Reflection is key to living the life we want.  We must reflect on who we are, how others perceive us, and how we want to interact with others in order to decide yes this is me, or no I will be somehow different.  I think we do have choice in the way we live life-yes there's the nurture vs nature concept that we are products of our environments and genes- but are we really?  Reflection and agency enable us to become new.  But with Christ, there's a third enabler. The Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit empowers us to deny the impulsive, sinful choice and enact the Christ-like choice. But what a daily battle this is!!! A daily journey of becoming new.