What’s New?

by Pastor Debra Bronkema |March 23, 2025 | connect.faith, Everyday Spirituality: The Blog

March 23, 2025

What’s New?

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! 2nd Corinthians 5:17

What’s New?

At this time of year – the metaphors of Spring are all around. We see the buds on the trees, the birds arriving back in town, the grass starting to turn green. It’s hard to miss the reality of the good news that the world can be made new again, that new life can come into being.

And yet – we often struggle to look at our own lives through that lens. We don’t trust people, including ourselves, when we try to make a change, to embrace a new way forward. We expect that resolutions will be useless – that we will be stuck on the same painful path. What would it take to look at the love of Christ for us, and understand that that love has the power to create change in us? Not just once, but as often as we need new life to come into our being, that’s how often we can embrace change relying on the foundation of Christ’s love for us.

Reflection Questions:

1) Look around – do you see any evidence of Spring breaking through your corner of the world today?

2) Where in your life are you feeling a calling to be made new, to live life differently?

3) Imagine Christ as your partner in that move toward new life. How does that feel?

Prayer: Dear Lord, Help me to believe in the possibility of change and new life, relying on your love for the parts that are hard to imagine. In Jesus Name, Amen