Our master bathroom was remodeled this past week. Everything new except the vanity base. The major problem was that old fiberglass shower. It wasn’t in very good condition when we bought the house in 2007 and it had not improved over the last 12 years. It was evident that the original owners used a harsh abrasive to clean it. That removed the shiny protective finish. Continual use had only made it worse.
We looked at simply re-finishing the old shower, possible, but the results have not proven very good or long term. There are companies that will put a new unit on top of the old one, but the configuration of ours eliminated that possibility. It seemed the only good, long-term option was to do away with the old and replace it with a brand-new shower unit (this time with something more resilient than fiberglass).
As I watched the workmen rip out that old damaged shower and haul it away, never to be seen again, I thought a lot about my soul. As a young person I treated it harshly. I was arrogant and abrasive, sarcastic and rebellious. All that left my soul damaged, my heart hopeless. I longed to be different but no matter what I tried, nothing truly worked. I could not refinish or cover up my lostness. Then I surrendered my life to Christ Jesus, and everything changed.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” [2 Cor 5:17]
When I opened that door and allowed Jesus into my heart, I became new! Not re-finished, or cosmetically covered up, but brand new. Hope found me. Peace found me. Love found me. Life found me. I still struggle to be the kind of person I should be, of course, but now I’m not alone in that struggle. I now have the Indwelling Spirit of the Living Almighty God with me to guide and keep me. Thank you, LORD!
