New creation

Therefore if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  (2 Cor. 5:17 NIV)

If life has ever gotten where it seems out of control & you just wish you could reset or start over, there is a way.  Once we are IN Christ we are new.  The old stuff is gone.  All of that stuff from our past, all of our past failures, all of our past defeats are gone.  God removes it & replaces it with a life of restoration, hope, & victory.  That doesn't mean life is becomes part but it means we know where our victory, hope, & restoration comes from.  We know in Whom it lies, our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.  He took all of those things we did in the past & all of those things people did to us in the past & replaced it with a new purpose.  Once we turn our lives over to Christ, we are remade strong.  It doesn't happen all at once but if we allow him, He will completely renew us for His higher purpose.