Restoration In Grace

Why do we use this phrase? What is wrong with the old me?

The bible says that when we are born again, after we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior that a change begins to happen inside, we are made new from the inside out.

Is this what we mean when we say New Year New Me, or are we referring to the resolutions that we have made to be better in the new year? Do we really intend to do better and be better or do we just make a resolution because we have been conditioned to believe that’s just what you do when the new year comes?

What if we decided to be different on July 16? Is it possible to still be in the new year new me phase, does it make sense to say it six months into the new year? What if I fail at whatever resolution I made? Does that make me not a new me?

So much pressure we put on ourselves to be better and do better, when we could never live up to that expectation without the help of Jesus Christ in our lives. Honestly speaking I have him in my life and I still fall short on a daily basis, I am always, well not always but mostly I get it wrong. I do not always stop and think what would Jesus say before I blurt some crazy nonsense out of my mouth when I am driving in Houston traffic!

He gets it, he created me, I am his daughter and there is nothing about me that he does not already know. He knows that Jess is cray, cray! Yes, I know that is an old word, do not get all preachy about that, I try not to keep up with the new words these days because let’s face it, half of them are stupid and make no sense.

So, my point is this, we are all human, we make mistakes, we will not always get it right, so give grace and do not make resolutions. make it a priority to do better and be better and when you say new year new me, it can be at any time of the year you decided to accept Jesus and be a better human to other humas