An Open Mind
This requires having an open mind. You may have to say, "I
don't know all that I am to be, but I know what I am not, and I desire to be
rid of my old self. I am willing to try something new."
I call this openness forming an empty cup. This means you are
willing to regard your body and your life as an empty vessel ready to be filled
with the new. The Bible expresses this idea in this way:
No one sews a patch of un-shrunk cloth on an old garment. If he
does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no
one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the
skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new
wine into new wineskins. (Mark 2:21-22)
These words tell us that transforming your life does not mean
patching up or fixing the old. It means starting over. It means getting a new
vessel to hold a new you. You need a new mind and a new body to create a new
life. Sometimes in my classes I actually bring a full cup of water to class and
show my students what happens when you try to pour new water into a full cup.
The full cup simply overflows and cannot hold anything new.
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