Yesterday I was in a car driving through Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.
The roads were wide open, just miles and miles of farmlands, some rolling hills, but really nothing to see.
Now, years ago, before I had learned to ride a motorcycle and found the joy of the open road, I would have seen these roads as rather boring.
But this time, I could not help but picture what it would be like to be on my bike riding them. It was a perfect day, sunny and not too warm. I actually enjoyed the road more, seeing them with the eye of a biker.
It's funny how you can see the same thing with two entirely different perspectives when you have had an experience that alters your view.
The same can be said of when we come to know the Lord. We begin to see life from his perspective, and that changes the choices we make. Because he has given us a new heart and with it comes a new way of looking at life.
"And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart." Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT)
