The other day, I connected with an acquaintance from my youth (lets call her Ann, just to identify her here) on facebook and asked her for a picture. She promptly replied that she didn't have any and that I probably won't recognize her if she did have one to send. I said something like "OK" and forgot about it. And then I saw this picture today. I'll bet he has probably been known as "boy, dad, grandpa and perhaps even GREAT-GRANDPA. Fact: We all change on the outside; hopefully the years will be kind to us all. But, this does bring up a question... Do we all change on the inside???? Read on for the answer...
Ephesians, Chapter 4
17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts; 19 who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But you did not learn Christ that way; 21 if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
Unfortunately, the answer is NO. Not everyone grows up to submit to God and change the way they are on the INSIDE. Everything is not bad, however. Whether teenager, adult or in your golden years, today you have another chance to begin the process. You will look the same on the outside, but within yourself, where no one can see, you will have begun the transformation process. But, that last statement is not quite true, because God sees everything. Humm, I wonder... do all souls look the same?
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