Reunion

This past weekend, I attended a cheerleading reunion in Lexington, home of the University of Kentucky Wildcats. For those of you who don't know me very well, I was the Wildcat mascot for three years while in college. Kentucky Cheerleading is a great example of a dynasty. The team has won 10 of the last 11 national championships, with 14 overall. At the reunion, there were people representing teams from the present all the way back to the 1950's. It was pretty cool. When the group was recognized at the first timeout of the UK/Florida football game, about 250 former cheerleaders and mascots took the field to a standing ovation from the Kentucky fans.

It was really good to see a lot of the people that I had spent so much time with in college, and it was somewhat comical to notice that very few, if any, of them had really changed. I started thinking on the way home and it struck me that most people never change. Regardless of the results, most people continue to do what they have always done. While it was good to catch up with people, I was burdened by the fact that most continue to live like they are lost in a maze. They may have found a section of the maze that is comfortable, but they are still lost. I realized that the only way people change is if they are changed by a relationship with Jesus Christ. While all people will seek to fill their lives with everything from sports to money to love, the only thing that will satisfy, the only thing that will fill the void in our hearts, is Jesus.

Romans 12:2 says, "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." The only way we can change, the only way our lives can be transformed, is if we allow ourselves to be renewed by Jesus Christ. I pray that I can become a more effective witness of this fact.