Change

Each one of us experience change at one time or another in our lives.  Without change there is no growth.  The changes begin at birth and go for our entire lives.  First it is our physical appearance from a baby, to a child, to a young adult, to an adult and then to an old person.  

Then there are the changes to our minds.  As babies we can do nothing on our own and require a parent to feed us and clothe us.  As we grow we learn to feed ourselves and clothe ourselves. Our minds also change as we learn new things both my experience and by being taught.  We are talk how to talk by our parents and those around us. We go to school and are taught.  All throughout life we learn new things.  Each one of us has the ability to choose to learn more or reject new teachings.  Knowledge and wisdom are before us all throughout life.

There are also the changes that happen as the years move forward.  We move on to new seasons of life.  We find a helpmate and someone to love us as we love them.  We have a family of our own.  We move to our own house.  We find our own jobs.  We live a life of our choosing.  We experience each and every day knowing that change will happen.  For myself, there were many time that changes occurred because of the decisions I made.  I chose to have sex at age 18 and a baby was on the way.  I chose to keep the baby even though my parents advocated for an abortion of that baby.  I chose to marry the father who did not want to get married but was forced by his family to marry me.  I chose to divorce him.  I chose to marry a much kinder man who wanted me and my two children.  I chose to love and forgive him for almost 40 years even when we did have some troubles.

Today I am choosing to live my life as an older, single woman who follows Jesus Christ.  Every day I choose Jesus and study the Bible and his teachings.  I choose to have faith that He was God on earth, that He died on a cross to pay for my sins, and  I choose to believe he rose from the dead and will come again to receive all of us who believe in him into his new kingdom.  I choose to change and become more of a reflection of him to a world where so many have no hope, no faith, no future as far as they can see with their eyes.  I choose to pray for the lost souls, the angry souls, the desperate souls.

Change can be hard but not changing can be worse.  Without change we live and die and nothing changes.  Without change we cannot see the kingdom of heaven and we cannot experience the eternal life promised to us by our Creator, our King, our God.

James 1:17 (NIV) Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

1 Samuel 15:29 (NIV) He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”

Matthew 18:3 (NIV) And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.