Where Have I Gone?

I remember now. I used to be a completely different person. Now I'm mostly unrecognizable.

It's not the 'you look more like your dad every day' effect. Yes, I do. My hair thinned in the middle like his, and I've grayed around the temples like my father. I have the same extra few pounds around the middle. My height is one inch shy of six feet, just like his was.

What I'm really talking about is how my interests and tastes have changed. I don't follow sports as avidly now. I rarely watch the news. I don't pay attention to the books on the New York Times best seller list. The big-budget movies don't attract me to the theater.

At one time I longed to fit in. I wanted to be average, but not any more.

It's the Jesus connection. Sticking close to what this great Friend of mine wants me to do has cleaned up my act. I read Christian novels, listen to Christian music, and watch squeaky-clean movies. TV? Any shows less than thirty years old seem to have skewed morals.

I'm not trying to be better than other people. That doesn't enter my thinking at all. I love all kinds of people, more than ever before. I'm just trying to be more where the Bible leads me to. I've found I'm happier living like this than any ways I've tried before.

I've found the good life. I'm glad I'm different now.

II Corinthians 5:17, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away, and all things have become new “