Elle Starts a New School Year

Yesterday was the first day of school for Elle who is a junior.  Pops and I walked outside with her and took her picture as she got into the car. We have been taking this type of picture for many years.  It is odd to us that there is just one child in this picture when for so many years there were three and one year there were five.  However, confidence and excitement shone through her smile.  She was glowing in anticipation of what the school year might hold for her.  This is the first time in 17 years that she will walk  into the school without having an older sister somewhere in the building.  She gets to be someone new this year. 

 I am reminded of 2 Corinthians 6:17 which  tells us Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!   Is it possible that we can have this excitement that Elle  has every day?  I believe that this is exactly what Paul is telling the Corinthians in this letter.  Paul is talking about reconciliation with God that was accomplished through Christ's death on the cross and his resurrection.  Paul writes in verse 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. 

Paul's words about becoming  a new creation refresh me like ice cold lemonade on a hot Georgia day. 
Thank you God that we can be new again!!