Bible

“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” John 8:11

Baldwin

Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety.

Blessing

While God says, “Come as you are”, He never says,  “Stay as you are”. Our Maker invites us to be changed, and is working daily that we might be transformed. And into what? Well, St. Paul gives an answer (Romans 8:29). God is working to make us like His Son, Jesus. At times this change can be heavy and painful, but in the long run it is worth it. When God’s work is done we will be free from the sins that bind us. And we will find ourselves conformed to the blessed image of Jesus.

May we be blessed this Lenten season with the joys of change.

Here is a lovely prayer hymn about transformation.