that deep dark secret that you've been carrying around

…16Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.18Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,… 2 Corinthians 5:16-18




You know that one thing you've been hiding? That deep, dark, secret. We all have them. The thing that you don't want to tell your new friends about your past life. The thing that's so bad it may be a deal breaker for a new relationship. We all have that thing. Some things are worse than others. Some things are really big and bad. Other things are mole hills that we made mountains out of. Whatever the thing, big or small, Christ has promised that "the old things passed away." Your sins have been forgiven. That very thing that you have been hiding, Jesus will forgive you if you only ask. Upon forgiveness, that thing, that was so bad, may be your greatest testimony. Someone needs to hear that thing, because they are going through that thing right now. I'm not saying shout it through the roof tops. I'm saying, in intimate conversation with people in need, tell that thing. Then, with Jesus, "new things have come." And that's, a testimony that will change lives...