Written by The Apostolic Faith Church
04/30/2018
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Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. – 2 Corinthians 5:17
The
other day, I answered a phone call meant for my sister who was out of
town. I hardly recognized the voice on the
other end. It was my uncle calling to thank her for an article she
had written about his late wife. The article was a tribute to the stand
his wife
had taken for the Lord during her life, despite my uncle’s stubborn
refusal to follow Christ.
Not long after his wife’s
passing, he gave his heart and life to the Lord, and I marveled at the
change in him and the things we talked about. Even in
a long-distance phone conversation, it was obvious. He told me he
just could not believe all the things he had allowed himself to miss out
on during
those many years.
Every summer he would take
his wife to our yearly camp meeting in Portland, but he would never go
inside the church. He drove three hundred miles, but
never attended a service! He told me that one of his new goals is to
make at least one camp meeting. What a difference: new conversation,
new hope,
new joy, and a new expectation of what is ahead in his new life with
Jesus.
As long as I have known
this uncle, I never heard joy from him, but joy was very evident over
the phone that day. While we spoke, I thought, This man lost
his companion of nearly fifty years only a few months ago, but he
has found a new life with Jesus. Because of Jesus, he can go on, and
even be happy!
When I hung up the phone, I thought of how thrilled my aunt would be
to talk to him now. I was thrilled! I wanted to tell somebody about the
“new”
uncle I have, and since my sister was out of town, I decided to tell
you.
God makes such a change in
our lives that not only do we know about it, but so does everyone else.
Thank God for the difference He makes in a life that
is consecrated to Him!
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