Wednesday... Once we were but now I am.

As I was reading in 1 Peter 2 this morning this word "once" jumped out at me. Here is what verse 10 (NIV) says, "Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."

I'm sure that we all can look back on a time that once we were and it does not bring good memories. But them in some, there is a time that we did something about it and the once we were turns into but now I am and it is such a good change.

There are times that we can look back and think, who was that person but then something happened to us and we have definitely changed. Or have you? Well, I'm here to tell you that you can.

Peter starts this chapter by saying in verse 1 (MSG), "So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk." The NLT says, "So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all evil deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech." That is possibly the once you were.

Verse 10 (AMP) says, "Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."

God is here with open arms to change you from what you once were, to give you mercy for what you once were. Just open your heart to him. Confess what you were, ask him to clean house. You need to with his help "get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all evil deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech." and accept the fact that "Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."

And as we receive his mercy we step away from the deep pain of what we once were to what we now are. And that makes so much difference in how we face each and every day. I am now one of God's people. Oh God, thank you so much for the change from what I once was to what I now am. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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