“Believe me,” returned Jesus, “a man cannot even see the kingdom of God without being born again.” “And how can a man who’s getting old possibly be born?” replied Nicodemus. “How can he go back into his mother’s womb and be born a second time?” “I assure you,” said Jesus “that unless a man is born from water and from spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Flesh gives birth to flesh and spirit gives birth to spirit: you must not be surprised that I told you that all of you must be born again. The wind blows where it likes, you can hear the sound of it but you have no idea where it comes from and where it goes. Nor can you tell how a man is born by the wind of the Spirit.”
— John 3:3—8 J.B. Phillips New Testament
“Reaching For The Light”
Changing Our Mind … p 103
Changing our mind is easy: we do it all the time with thoughts of little or of lasting consequence. Changing our mind to effect a new way of living, of becoming a better person, is another matter, however, requiring more than good intentions and ephemeral thought.
The change we long for, that which endures and brings joy to the soul, is nothing less than a metamorphosis of the self, whereby our true spiritual Being is set free to enlighten the mind and engender a sense of peace within.
Transformation of this magnitude is made possible only when we freely acknowledge our plight and surrender in all humility to God: He who lives in us, and we in him.
— Garry D. Kilbourn
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