If anyone belongs to Christ, there is a new creation. The old things have gone; everything is made new! [2 Corinthians 5:17 (NCV)]

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a musical comedy about love and romance. As the title suggests, it’s about how love (or lust) blinds us to someone’s faults. Once a relationship is established, however, people’s eyes open and they see their loved one’s defects and weaknesses. An attempt is then made to re-make him or her into someone who is neater, more stylish, richer, smarter, more successful or better looking and, therefore, easier to love! Those of us married for any length of time know that doesn’t work. We can’t remake our spouse; what we saw is what we got!

If we were going to write a musical about God’s relationship with us, however, it could be called I Love You, You’re Imperfect, Now Change. God loves us, imperfect creatures that we are; His eyes are wide open to our every fault yet He loves us anyway! Because He loves us so much, however, He wants us to become better people and reach our full potential. When we allow the Holy Spirit to run our lives, that change is possible. We’ll no longer be who were; we’ll become who God wants us to be. God won’t love the improved model any more than he already does, but the upgraded version will be able to love more and will be more like Christ.

But you were taught to be made new in your hearts, to become a new person. That new person is made to be like God—made to be truly good and holy. [Ephesians 4:23-24 (NCV)]