Taste Bud Transformation

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. - 2Co 5:14-17

I have a new quote to add to my list of favorites. I just read it in a post by Dane Ortland (read the whole thing here) on irresistible grace.

Irresistible grace is grace that softens us way down deep at the core of who we are. Taste bud transformation. In a miracle that can never be humanly manufactured, we find ourselves, strangely, delighting to love God.

This is a big God, with big grace

Here's the thing about the grace of God, the love of Christ and the power of the Spirit. We are not simply whitewashed tombs or dressed up corpses. In Christ we have been remade and reborn. We are not yet what we ultimately will be, but we are no longer what we were. We really are a new creation and we really do have a calling to walk in.

To God Alone be the Glory