Jenny For Jesus

Repentance is such an amazing act. When we truly admit to God the sinful behaviors we’ve committed and ask him for forgiveness, he grants it. ”But your love has delivered me from the pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.“ Isaiah‬ ‭38‬:‭17‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Now, if only people would do the same. I find that choosing to make the change and live for Christ comes with a challenge. It is frustrating when other people cannot see past the old you to recognize the witness for Christ you’ve become. For them, you’re still the same broken, lost soul who lived openly in your sins. Can you relate?

Jesus changed me. When I made up my mind to submit to his will for my life, I left behind the person I was to become a better person for Jesus. It hurts when “friends” shrug off comments that I make about my faith. I want those who are close to me to experience the same joy that I have found in Jesus. And it saddens me when those people make light of what I say. I feel pretty certain that most of you reading this can totally relate.

I am not the same as I was BC (before Christ). I want the people who have always been in my life to stop seeing the old me and recognize the new me in Christ. It’s not something to be taken lightly. This is the most important choice I have ever made and will ever make. And now I have a responsibility to be a witness for Christ.

I’m not just blowing smoke. When I talk about my faith, when I talk about what God has done in my life, it isn’t just for conversation sake. It’s because I want others to experience God in the same magnitude that I have.

People who’ve known me for a long time are familiar with all my failures/sins. But y’all, Jesus was nailed to a cross to take all that away, to wash me clean. So now I am facing the challenge that comes with being washed by his blood. My past sins don’t define me. And I challenge those who think they know me to pay attention to who I am now instead of dwelling on who I was BC.

Am I perfect now? Absolutely not. Am I no longer a sinner? Unfortunately, I still fall short of my Savior’s expectations daily. But I am NOT the person I once was. I want to live my life to be pleasing to God. Therefore, I seek him daily and I ask forgiveness when I stumble. I may look the same on the outside, but what’s on the inside has been made new since I began my walk with Christ.

I guess what I’m getting at with all of this is that I hope when people look at me now, they see the light of Jesus shining through, making me a new, changed person.

And those of you out there making the daily decision to walk with God and be his witness, I see you! I’m proud of you and the commitment you’ve made to Him. ”Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!“ ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭CSB‬‬