I find this topic so beautiful…. Because it is so evident in my life !! Now looking back, I see how Gods hand has really come through in my life! The way I glow now is so different… I think, see, dress and walk differently. There is something about living a new life in Christ that changes you. I remember before Christ the way I would dress, talk, and think. It might sound silly but your whole being really changes when you are in Christ. Now being in Christ I find that my ideologies have changed. The way I speak to people is different. The way I see/treat people is different. The way I see myself is different. The way I walk and carry myself is different. I remember when I first came to Christ, the way I came to him was so dirty; Physically, emotionally and mentally. Now really thinking about it, I was a completely different person. Where God has brought me to has changed so vastly from where I was before. I can truly say I am a new creation, thanks to Christ! I had so many hidden wounds. I was very lost and confused. I was full of rejection, depression, and unforgiveness. I had thoughts that were not Christ like. I was a slave to sin truly. Until God gave me new clothing through Jesus Christ. He gave me hope, a future, joy, love, etc. He gave me a new beginning in him. He allowed me to try again but this time with him. He freed me from my sins and wickedness.

“And He was also telling them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the patch from the new garment will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.” Luke‬ ‭5‬:‭36‬-‭38‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬
This parable above was speaking about this very topic we speak about. When you invite the new, a new you comes out. If we are a new creation we cannot expect to stay with the old. Jesus transforms and frees us… The old and the new do not go together. If we are going to live new we have to be new. When you are truly in Christ you see the distinction between you and the world. Back then I thought like the world and did things like the world. Now I have the mind of Christ and still, I’m still being renewed. It’s not a one day thing, it’s a constant thing… Now, I see myself bearing the fruits of the spirit because I’m in the spirit. You bear what you are in. If you are in the spirit you will bear things of the spirit. If you are in the flesh you will bear fruits of the flesh. There is a verse on this topic as well. With my new clothing I strive to be more like Jesus. With my new clothing I’m passionate for the things of my Father in heaven. Now I see myself the way God does, so my whole appearance has changed. God changes you from the inside and out. In Christ there is a transformation…

“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬