Running the Halls | September 25, 2026
Unshaken: Because We’re Made New in Christ
As I sit here writing this article, I’m currently fasting for a biometric workup. I typically schedule these things as early in the morning as possible, but unfortunately, the first appointment available today wasn’t until late morning. Knowing that, I even skipped my morning workout, hoping I wouldn’t be so hungry while waiting for my usual morning protein shake. It hasn’t really helped.
Instead, I keep thinking about those Snickers commercials with the tagline, “You’re not you when you’re hungry.” I can relate. Hunger has a way of affecting our mood, our patience, and sometimes even how we treat the people around us. But it also got me thinking about a much deeper question: What does it mean to really be ourselves?
Paul gives us a remarkable answer in 2 Corinthians 5:17:
“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
In Christ, God has given us a new identity. We are not ultimately defined by our worst moments, our sins, our failures, or even by how we happen to feel on a particular day. We are people for whom Christ died and rose, people whom God has reconciled to Himself through Jesus. Our identity rests not in what we have done, but in what Christ has done for us.
And because we have been reconciled to God, that new identity begins to shape how we live with one another. We still have moments when we are impatient, angry, selfish, or simply wrong, whether we’re hungry or not. But in Christ, those moments do not have to define us or our relationships.
In our home, my wife and I have always taught our children and made it a practice that when they hurt one another, they say “I’m sorry” and “I forgive you.” There have been times when those words have been spoken through tears. More times than not, they have been spoken while someone was still angry and certainly did not feel ready to say them. But that is part of the lesson: forgiveness is bigger than our feelings in the moment. Neither comes naturally to people struggling with sin. Both flow from something greater: the forgiveness we have first received from Christ.
Paul says that God has entrusted us with the “ministry of reconciliation.” So, as people made new in Christ, we carry His forgiveness into our homes, classrooms, friendships, and school community. We may not always feel like the people God has made us to be, but our feelings do not get the final word. Christ does. And in Him, we are forgiven, reconciled, and made new.
Pastor Micah Glenn
Head of School
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