"I've learned the hard way that change can push us, pull us, rebuke and remake us. It can show us who we've become, in the worst ways, and also in the best ways." - Shauna Niequist
Change. It's one of those things that I sometimes can crave down to the very depth of my soul: change of pace, change of temperature, change of seasons, change of schedule. But unexpected change - the kind of change that comes running out of no where and side tackles me - that kind of change can leave me lying on the ground, unsure of which way is up.
One might think that as I get older, change comes more easily.
"It's inevitable!" they say.
"It's life great teacher!" they say.
But as I've found myself in another season of change and transition, it seems with age it only takes longer and longer for my mind to accept, for my heart to adjust, for my life to re-normalize.
Many times with change - no matter how big or small - comes loss. Loss of what was, loss of comfortability, loss of the familiar. And if I'm not careful, I can get lost in the blur. I get so caught up in the loss of what was, that I lose sight of what could be. In essence, I lose hope.
Recently, a friend spoke on change and the way that life is really just one change after another. He said: "God places each of us in a sea of change so that you will not cling to some passing ship." And isn't life just that - a blurry sea of change. A sea of change in which the only thing that does not change is Him.
Change isn't always fun and new and welcomed. Sometimes change is heavy and hard and cruel. But it's in those moments of change that grabbing hold of just any passing ship simply won't do. In fact, passing ships do anything but save me - they only sink me lower. There is only One solid Rock to which I can cling, trusting that there I am safe.
Embracing change is a lesson I'm still learning. But in the midst of the seasons of transition and change and growth, my heart breathes in these words of truth, replaying them over and over again:
One might think that as I get older, change comes more easily.
"It's inevitable!" they say.
"It's life great teacher!" they say.
But as I've found myself in another season of change and transition, it seems with age it only takes longer and longer for my mind to accept, for my heart to adjust, for my life to re-normalize.
Many times with change - no matter how big or small - comes loss. Loss of what was, loss of comfortability, loss of the familiar. And if I'm not careful, I can get lost in the blur. I get so caught up in the loss of what was, that I lose sight of what could be. In essence, I lose hope.
Recently, a friend spoke on change and the way that life is really just one change after another. He said: "God places each of us in a sea of change so that you will not cling to some passing ship." And isn't life just that - a blurry sea of change. A sea of change in which the only thing that does not change is Him.
Change isn't always fun and new and welcomed. Sometimes change is heavy and hard and cruel. But it's in those moments of change that grabbing hold of just any passing ship simply won't do. In fact, passing ships do anything but save me - they only sink me lower. There is only One solid Rock to which I can cling, trusting that there I am safe.
Embracing change is a lesson I'm still learning. But in the midst of the seasons of transition and change and growth, my heart breathes in these words of truth, replaying them over and over again:
"So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going to work and walking around life - and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him." -Romans 12:1 (MSG)
Cling to what is sure, dear heart. Trust in His sweet goodness. Embrace the story that is being written by hands of Love. Brave those tumultuous changes of life by grabbing hold of His promises and never letting them go.
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