Changes
Fall’s here and finally, after a long and beautiful summer, we’ve got our clouds and cool weather back. The seasons have changed, even though they changed on the calendar before this point. I used to work outdoors in the tree care industry before my ministry days and I had a vested interest in those seasonal changes, much more than I do now. I knew what was around the corner when the weather got cooler…
But now I’m more concerned with people changes. And do people change! Especially these days. We’ve just sent the Zagata family to South Carolina for a new job situation, after John had searched for 2 and a half years for a job here in New York. Honest? I don’t like that kind of change. The kind where people you love have to move away and move out of your everyday sphere. It feels, well, kind of bittersweet.
And yet the Lord has promised us all something. He said in Romans 8.28 that He sees to it that “all things” work out for the good for believers, if we just simply hold out for His final say. Have you lost someone? Have you had people situations, situations themselves, change in some way that you don’t like? The promise is this: He will work out (even) seeming losses so that in the end you’ll have to say, yes, that was good. Can we trust Him? Absolutely! So place that change squarely in His lap and breathe a sigh of relief. Change will be good. PB
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October 12th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Change and life go hand in hand, for we are in th eprocess of change each and every day. There is one, Jesus, who never changes who promises to stay closer than a brother even our very breath. He promise gives us great confidence even in the midst of life’s hard transitions. “I will never leave you nor forsake you, says the Lord!
November 1st, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Speaking of change.
Lots has changed since I seen you last. What 3 years or so ago now. I’m now living in Ohio with my sister and working at curves and going back to college too. Sometimes we are fearful of change aren’t we? I remember a meeting we had a while ago, where we talked about my fears. A little over a year ago, I read a really cool scripture: Psalm 34:4 I have sought the Lord and He heard me and has DELIVERED me from ALL of my fears. Praise God. Change is good for us though. It causes us to rely more firmly on God.
God Bless
Sally
November 8th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Hey, PB. I know how hard change is; you know me, I hate change. I don’t even like to move my furniture around, let alone change big things. But, I also know that God is in the midst of all the changes, even if I have no idea what is going on or I don’t recognize anything. I find that the more things change, the more I see God in it helping me adjust to the change. I don’t have it all together, but I am learning to trust God with things and not do them all myself.