A Decent Burial

Will Willimon said somewhere in his book, Accidental Preacher, that most of us would have been better off if Jesus had left us alone. He was being cheeky but also making a point. It's awesome to think about a new life when our current one sucks. But we forget that it also requires that we give the old life a decent burial.

"Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may life a new life."

Romans 6:2-4 NIV

What dry, dead bones are you holding onto? They may be preventing you from having space for a new life.