Goodbye to Yesterday

Nothing is what it was yesterday.  The tree out the front door may look the same, but miniscule changes are constantly taking place.  The same can be said about every living thing, and surprisingly enough, it can also be said about the non-living things as well.  Wind and water can bring about change to the most resistant parts of creation.  And, so when we look back over the years and see that we are very different from the person we see in the rear view mirror, we are simply reminded that we are not an exception to creation's rule about change.  Of course, no one needs to point out the physical changes which take place on the journey from very young to very old, but what is also apparent are the inner changes which have taken place along the way. 

Nothing about who we are today is like who were yesterday.  Instead of wind and rain working to bring about change, our experiences, our formal and informal learning sessions, and the influence of others have a way of working in our life to bring about significant changes in the way we view life and respond to it.  Actually, change is the constant in our living.  It may be miniscule and impossible to see except by those who watch us most closely, but it happens, nonetheless. 

One other force which is working in our life to bring about change is the Holy Spirit.  The Word tells us that He abides within us to shape our inner life so we are made into something new.  The Apostle Paul spoke of this as he wrote, "So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation,; everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new."  (II Corinthians 5:17)  It is not a once and done thing, but something which is constantly taking place within us as we walk with Christ.  We may not be who we are becoming, but we are also not who we were yesterday.