2 Corinthians 5:17 -- Snake Shed Skin Metamorphosis HD Wallpaper
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A snake's shed skin lies intact on a sun-warmed rock -- perfectly shaped, translucent, every scale visible -- but completely empty. The creature that wore it has already moved on, living in new skin, leaving behind a ghost of what it was. Desert morning light makes the abandoned skin glow like parchment. This is 2 Corinthians 5:17 in nature's own language. The process of ecdysis (shedding) in snakes is biologically remarkable. The old skin does not fall off gradually -- the snake rubs against a rough surface to create a tear, then crawls completely out of the old covering in one continuous motion, leaving it behind inside-out. The new skin underneath is brighter, more vivid, fully formed. The snake does not carry the old skin with it. It does not look back. But there is a discomfort before the shedding: the snake's eyes cloud over, it stops eating, it becomes sluggish and irritable. The period before transformation is uncomfortable. Many Christians experience this same discomfort before breakthrough -- the restless, cloudy season when the old self is preparing to be shed but the new has not yet emerged. Paul's language here is important: he does not say "try to become a new creation." He says the new creation "has come." Past tense. Accomplished fact. In Christ, the transformation is already real -- what remains is the living into it, the crawling out of the old skin, the leaving behind of what no longer fits. Free HD download.
