"Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye."
Ezekiel 18:31-32
I like this dramatic way of talking about change. It seems scary, but with God telling us to do it, it also makes it seem possible... not just to change a tiny step at a time, or one habit, but to really overhaul ourselves, and make ourselves (with God's help, of course) into who we truly want to be--never too late to switch out that heart and spirit (figuratively) and let go of our past selves if we don't like that person.
Of course, it doesn't happen all at once, and that's where we have to focus on achievable goals. I think the point here is that the scope of what we can accomplish with God is much more vast than we could accomplish alone... so let's think big, but also accept incremental change on our way to those big changes.
Today, let's think about who we want to be for eternity... and let's not give up on any of it. This is eternity we're talking about. We need to work on being able to live with ourselves for a super long time. :) Instead of thinking we can't get there though, let's bring God in to help. Let's talk to him about what we want to change, and listen to him when he gives us advice about what to change, and then let's start changing what we can, and praying like mad for God's help to change the rest. We have all that life ahead of us--let's live. :)
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