I don’t know if you have noticed the little signs at many places of business lately, asking for exact change due to a national change shortage. I have no problem with that, I am happy to count out my coins or just tell them to keep the change if I am feeling magnanimous. I only wish that sometimes I could do the same to my life!
I don’t know about you, but I am not the biggest fan of change. Even when the change is good, good for me, or a change for the better, it is still disconcerting. I am just old enough that changes in technology frustrate me. Unlike the ecstasy my children experience with a new phone, I approach mine with dread and suspicion. Changes in my environment have always thrown me for a loop. Even a new opportunity can make me nervous before I feel excited.
As you can imagine, in my family of 8 children, change can happen at a rapid pace. With an age range from 19 to 5 years old, there is always something changing! I know however, that if it was just me, I still wouldn’t enjoy change.
I think there is something within even the most restless and adventurous of us that enjoys consistency and routine. We like to be able to be able to count on things being a certain way. Unfortunately, there is much truth to the saying that the only thing certain in life is death and taxes!
The absolutely wonderful news is that there is a third thing that we can count on in life. In fact, we can stake our lives on it. And that is God. Never-changing, never failing, always perfect, always loving, solid as a rock…God. This is the good news that keeps me calm when everything around me seems to be in upheaval. There are so many comforting verses in the Bible about God being our steady rock, our safe place in times of change and trouble.
When I feel uneasy and uncertain about the changes happening around me, I am so glad that I can go to my Heavenly Father Who is always steady. I can tell Him my frustrations about my new phone, (first world problems!) But I can also talk to Him about much deeper changes, such as the ones He is constantly working on in my soul. So I guess in the end, I am grateful for change, even though once in awhile, I may wish I could just tell life to keep the change!
“‘Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,’ says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:10
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