This paragraph you’re about to read is a bit weird, but go with me on it. What if there were a world quite apart from this one where you got to be someone completely different? What if you could really start over? Think about that for just a second. Take some time and chew on it. Imagine yourself walking through a Doorway into a landscape where you simply belong. You can tell as soon as you walk through the Door that you fit in here and that this place was made for you. The air is different. As you put both feet into this new world, you can feel your tainted past sliding off of you like an old coat. You feel your old reputation washing off of your shoulders and draining away on the other side of the Door. The uneasy feeling you’ve always had of being you is replaced by a sense of comfort deep inside. You realize that the comfort and assurance isn’t going away. It’s steady, rock solid. It seems as though it’s heavier than the whole planet, even though it’s inside you. Then you understand that this feeling that’s not going away is how God sees you. It’s His unearned, unchanging affection for you and acceptance of you. Jesus has washed away who you were. He has lavished you with grace. God the Father has declared you His very own child and completely righteous - as perfectly righteous as Jesus Himself! The Holy Spirit is inside you telling you this is all eternally true! In John chapter 10, Jesus said He was the Door. It’s really true! There is a place where you can start all over again! Are you ready to be made new?
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