Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To

     This is my first ever blog entry and it got me thinking about how things change. Culture has changed, movies, books, tv, and music is different from it was when I was growing up. I remember my dad would say something like,”what is that junk you are listening to?” It was the sweet sounds of Journey, Kansas, Toto, Foreigner, or Bon Jovi. Now I’m the grumpy old man asking my kids,”what are you listening to?” There is a great debate in the church over whether or not hell is a real place, and I believe there is because Jesus said so! I also believe the soundtrack playing there is Lady GaGa!

     I also believe that new things are not always bad. The Bible says that when we are born again we are a new creation, not just changed but totally new. If you are a believer you don’t have to stay the same person that you were. How great is that? Did you know that we don’t have to be slaves to sin anymore? Did you know you can be made well? Do you want to be well? That’s the question Jesus asked the man at the pool and it is a valid question. Steve really brought it home in his sermon asking, Do we want to stay where we are at or do we want to be made whole? Many times we want to stay where we are at because we really don’t want to change. We become so comfortable in our sin we can’t imagine living without it. Sometimes it becomes our identity. People say “that is just who I am.” There is a better way, I know because I have been there but I had to be willing to be made new. I had to stop using every excuse to why I didn’t want to change. There comes a time in everyone’s life when we make that choice to let Jesus make us well, to make us new. Can you hear Him asking you? Do you want to be made well?

 Although I love me some Journey I would have to say that not all change is bad and I’m sure glad God don’t make us stay like we used to be. Oh by the way, Don’t stop believin’

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