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OUR DAILY BREAD December 30, 2018 ALL DAY THINGS NEW James Banks If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Revelation 21:1–7 Zechariah 13–14; Revelation 21 Junkyards intrigue me. I enjoy working on cars, so I frequently make trips to the one near our home. It’s a lonely place, where the wind whispers through discarded hulks that were once someone’s prized possession. Some were wrecked, some wore out, and others simply outlived their usefulness. As I walk between the rows, a car will sometimes catch my eye, and I’ll find myself wondering about the adventures it had during its “lifetime.” Like a portal to the past, each has a story to tell—of human hankering after the latest model and the inescapable passage of time. But I take particular pleasure in finding new life for an old part. Whenever I can take something discarded and give it new life in a restored vehicle, it feels like a small victory against time a...