Colossians 3:9-11

"Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self which is being renewed in the knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, scythian, slave or free but Christ is all, and is in all."

I see two things in the first part of these verses - it is an action of taking off and putting on. You can't merely take off the old self and be done - there MUST be a putting on of a NEW self. This NEW self is the ability to be like the Creator. In our old selves we do NOT have the ability to choose GOD or His ways. We desperately need Christ and need to be renewed in the knowledge in the image of GOD. The other thing that I see in these verses is that Christ does not play favorites - He is available to all - regardless of race, gender, social class. I am so thankful for MY God. He is not like us (THANK GOODNESS - we tend to play favorites even though we try our hardest NOT to!) I long to be like Christ in the very depths of my soul. I am really enjoying memorizing Colossians 3. Thanks to Wrestling Mat for spearheading this challenge and for the pep talk this morning!