Making Things New

So…in this whole rebirth process…you never know what is going to need to be made new. 

Like my blog, for instance.  I wasn’t expecting to start a new blog…I thought my old blog would do just fine.  No.  Not for rebirth.  Maybe for renewal.  But not for rebirth.

Rebirth demands a new blog.

 And myspace.  I didn’t really think I would need a new myspace either.  But the old one, well, it’s old.  And that old life is gone.  It doesn’t work anymore.  Again, if I was looking for renewal, I might have a shot…but I’m not.  This is rebirth.

Rebirth demands a new myspace.

 Now…I recognize that the two examples that I just gave my not really justify that life is new.  But it does, really.  I mean, honestly, more people have the opportunity to learn about me through the internet now than to actually meet me in person. 

If I’m real in person, but not online, then I’m not truly being real, am I?  I have more contacts with people through email, or myspace, or facebook, each day than I actually meet face to face.  So, if I put up this facade online, then, well, more people actually see that, than see the real me. 

And honestly, God calls me to be real.  Real with myself, real with my family, real with my friends, and real with you.  Online is how so many people now each other now.  It’s the most prevalent outward sign of ourselves that we have.

So myspace, the new blog…these things are sacraments.  They are outward, visible signs, of this inward, invisible grace moving within me.

 Man, it’s nice to be home.