Change. Change can be hard. Some change can be easy, but tossing out, ripping up, moving out, leaving behind ... that is difficult. The ease of change depends on our perspective when we are presented with an opportunity to either embrace it, adapt to it, or fight it kicking and fussing. We can learn from change. We can grow because of change. We must decide whether we are willing throw out the old and make room for the new that Christ is bringing and God has stored up for our future.
I do know that change will happen. I've moved many times - more times than my current age even! I have cleaned up more spaces and made the way for new so often that I get weary from thinking of all involved in preparation for the new. Yet, kicking and fussing won't get me moving forward. I must adapt, embrace and begin to focus on what the new can mean. Fresh coats of paint, clean floors, new decor, new relationships lie ahead. I must toss out the old comfy "sofa in my life", change my attitude, open myself and ask, "God, what do you want me to do here? Show me. Tell me. I am ready and listening. You did this for my good."
In the end, all we can do when change comes is trust the Lord and allow His moving and leading because we know that God always has a plan. He doesn't want us holding on to the old beat up, broken down past that is comfy. He wants us to lay it down and follow. That is what followers of Christ do ... lay down the old comfy zone we know and follow His Son.
