You've Been Remade

As I was laying in bed one night, a few lines of a song by Tenth Avenue North came into my head.
                
                You are more than the choices that you make.
                You are more than the sum of your past mistakes.
                You are more than the problems that you create.
                You've been remade.

As I lay there, I began to contemplate what those words mean for you and I.  Do the choices that we make determine who we are?  Do our past mistakes ever get to be so great in number that we can no longer be forgiven for them?

So many of us know the verse, Romans 3:23, that says, "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God."  This is often interpreted to mean that there is nothing we can do about our sin and we will be forever separated from God.  Yes, that is true; our sin separates us from God.  But, God offers us forgiveness through His son, Jesus Christ, who died on the cross to save us from our sins.

While we all probably memorized Romans 3:23 as little kids, not as many of us are familiar with the next verse.  It says, "and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Jesus Christ."  Those two verses (3:23-24) acknowledge that we have all sinned, but they also point out that we can be redeemed from our sin by Jesus Christ.

No matter how big or terrible you think your sin is, God is bigger, better, and more powerful.  All you need to do is call on the name of the Lord, and He will save you from your sin.  "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."  (Romans 10:13)

Don't delay forgiveness another moment!  God is waiting and ready to forgive you if you ask.  He will make you into a new person.  Then you can say, "I've been remade!"

Based on the song:  "You Are More," by Tenth Avenue North
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