New creations

I am reading through the Bible in a year, using the M'Cheney Bible reading system.  Today one of the readings was from 2 Corinthians 5, a very appropriate reading coming into a new year.    Paul writes: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation."   People look forward to a new beginning in the new year.  What Paul is saying is that we daily have a new beginning, in the waters of our Baptism.   In Baptism the old has passed away and God creates in us to be His new people, living for Him daily.  So while the world looks forward to a new year, the Christian can not only look forward to a new year but a new day, everyday, in Jesus.