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"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

(2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT)

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newness...the real you

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There's something intoxicating about 'newness'. The smell of a new car, the scent of freshly washed laundry, the promising 'snap' as you open a 'Snapple' bottle.Paul says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" (2 Cor. 5:17 NLT)

What a great promise! The old is gone and the new has come. Why is it then that so many believers struggle with guilt, shame, and uncertainty? In ministry I often hear words of despair from youth and young adults; "I just can't stop" or "I can't forgive myself for what I've done". If left unresolved, past hurts and guilt can fester and memories of a life before Christ can hold us captive, crippling us from ever attaining a vibrant life of faith. The good news is that it's by God's grace that we have been saved!

If we continue to measure our spiritual transformation based on how good we are, or how hard we work, or, or, or - life will always be filled with guilt and shame and regret. It's time we fully embrace what Christ has done on our behalf. It's time we tear down the walls that separate us from accepting ourselves as a "new creation". “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." (Isa. 1:18 NLT)

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In July 40,000 spectators and an additional two million television viewers watched as three-time defending champion Joey Chestnut successfully defended his world title. I know what you’re thinking, “I don’t even like boxing.” But Joey isn’t a boxer. Joey loves to eat. At the world famous Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest held each summer on Coney Island, New York, the 29-year-old managed to scarf down 68 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes flat, claiming a $10,000 prize, a mustard yellow belt, and a year’s supply of hot dogs.

Before Mr. Chestnut rose to international acclaim, Takeru Kobayashi’s passion for eating helped him hold the world record for six years running. Though he weighs only 131 pounds, he’s a lean, mean, eating machine.

The reward for eating enough hotdogs to feed a small army? Ten thousand dollars. A trophy. A mustard-yellow belt, and far more importantly—a year’s supply of hotdogs.

The guys are not alone in this. Sonya Thomas ate 41 hotdogs before the buzzer sounded. Nicknamed “The Black Widow,” Sonya was ranked “the number one eater in America” for a time and weighs less than 100 pounds.

“I am always trying to stretch my stomach,” she explained in an interview. And what is the secret to her rigorous training? According to Sonya, she runs on the treadmill for close to two hours a day and manages a Burger King, where she gets a good workout being on her feet, overseeing the fast food operation. After work, she goes to all-you-can eat buffets whenever she can. Sonya also holds 27 other world eating titles. She has wolfed down eight pounds, two ounces of fries in ten minutes, gulped eleven pounds of cheesecake in nine minutes, gobbled 65 hard-boiled eggs in six minutes 40 seconds, and chugged eight pounds of baked beans in two minutes 47 seconds. But the record of which she is most proud? Oyster consumption. She tossed back 432 of them in only ten minutes. And was she full? “I could have eaten more,” she said. Take Sonya to lunch, but first remortgage your home.

What drives Sonya to train so hard? “Someday I’d like to be treated with the same respect and admiration as sports stars Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan.”While reading her story, I couldn’t help but think of 1 Corinthians 9:25: “Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control…They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades.”

Some live to eat, and some live to play. Recently a 54-year-old man was pulled over on a freeway in Toronto. Why? For playing the violin while driving. He told the cops he was on his way to a performance and needed to warm up. He’s lucky he didn’t play the tuba.

Dave Moffitt is passionate about sports. So passionate that for six years he has been living, eating, and sleeping in his Saturn car, driving across America watching sporting events. He has seen every NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA team play in its home stadium or arena. He has watched hundreds of horse races, car races, golf tournaments, even Little League games. Dave’s passion doesn’t cost him as much as you’d think. He eats veggies from a can and sneaks hot dog buns into stadiums where he loads them up with free relish, ketchup, and mustard. He shaves in Wal-Mart bathrooms and showers at truck stops. Dave has earned four master’s degrees but retired after more that 30 years of teaching junior high P.E. He just loves sports.

Not surprisingly, Dave has an ex-wife and two estranged daughters. And if his new girlfriend tires of his passionate pursuit of sports, Dave says that they won’t be together anymore.

Someone has defined failure as succeeding at something that doesn’t really matter. Are you passionate about things that last? I hope so.

And what am I passionate about? Living for Jesus. I’ve already planned my epitaph: “He found God’s grace too amazing to keep to himself.” I’d like to spend whatever days I have left telling others of God’s amazing grace, reminding them of our reasons to rejoice, helping them bring joy to life.

And I’d like to eat a few hot dogs at baseball games this fall. I think I’ll order them one at a time.

"I’D LIKE TO SPEND WHATEVER DAYS I HAVE LEFT TELLING OTHERS OF

GOD’S AMAZING GRACE..."

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