Flashback Friday Devotion #28 [New creature]

Hi, Everyone.
I just realized that it's Friday! LOL Here's the Flashback Friday Devotion. Please ignore the Life Plan Devotion I posted this morning, as you'll see it again on Monday. I'm a dork. :)
When I looked back at today's devotion, from my personal journal dated May 6, 2007, I enjoyed the experience all over again. It's less teaching, more experiential. I hope you enjoy it, anyway. 

Flashback Friday Devotion #28 [New creature]

     Early this morning, I woke up and started praying. I was feeling kind of anxious, and I knew I needed to get it out to God.
     It felt like God was asking me, "What's going on?" I told Him I wasn't sure, but just as I said that, I knew what I was feeling. I said, "Lord, I'll be honest. I know You've said I'll be a butterfly, but my fear is that I'll just allow You to shave off the fuzz from this fat caterpillar, and that's what I'll end up being...a naked, fat caterpillar!"
     I kid you not, right when I said that, I could "see" it, only the fuzz-free caterpillar that was looking at me had a mouth that looked like this:  ~
     That caterpillar's expression was SO FUNNY. I got tickled so, I had to get up and go in the library, where I could close the door and laugh, so I wouldn't wake up my husband. I laughed and laughed, and I believe I heard a "godly guffaw," as well. I laughed so hard, I was crying.
     Finally, I settled down, and the Lord gave me the following verse. I looked it up and really like the NASB version. II Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if anyone is in Christ [she] is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come." (I changed the "he" to "she," to personalize it.)
     I'm already a new creature, on the inside. Now, I must believe that God has made me a new creature on the outside, too. I know it will take time to show up.

Today, prayerfully consider who you are in Christ. Try to picture what that looks like, on the inside and on the outside. To help you express your gratitude to the Lord, take time to listen to this song, http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=96b7863e874558 24fcda.

I love hearing from each of you.
Blessings,
Mary