Change Anyone?

     I decided to consolidate some of the notes I've written on Facebook to this Blog - it's the organizer in me.

     I re-read this particular note for the first time in a while today, and God used words He gave me nearly 2 years ago to remind me of a lesson I still haven't quite gotten straight. I hope that even if you've read this before, God can use it to remind you as well.

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"Change Anyone?"

                  I was lying in bed – attempting to sleep, but my mind was going a mile a minute. I felt God was laying the following thoughts on my heart to be shared (something I too often ignore doing). So I climbed down from my loft, and typed them. Forgive me if it is choppy … but it is 12:34am ...

Change – it can be uncertain, scary, potentially painful, exciting, or hard, but to be changed for the better… well, that is always worth the cost.

          My roommate Melissa has needed a new glasses prescription for some time now, and a few days ago she finally got the new, updated pair. With her old ones she could see, but not sharply. There was a time those glasses were exactly what she needed, but time had passed, and new glasses were in order. These new glasses have sharpened her vision for the better, but now she must go through a transition time with them. Wearing the new ones gives her better vision, but also comes with discomfort and coordination issues as her body learns to adapt to seeing differently. Of course she could just go back to the old pair, the comfortable one, but she would then be missing out on all the beauty in this world that she could be seeing clearly.

          In my life it seems people usually resist big changes. Even with the knowledge that changes God intends for us are for the better, it can be disconcerting to see things differently – to leave something we are used to, even if we know it is for the better. But the longer we fight the change, the more we are missing out on...

If there are changes going on in your life right now - be encouraged, God is faithful ^_^

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     This message was pertinent back then because I was struggling with big life changes that were going on - by way of a relationship break up. God had to remind me that relationships can be used by Him for good, but also sometimes must be let go of for the better. This message is pertinent to me now because I've found the transition from college student to adult to be something terribly daunting.

The cover for an old Overflow album captures how I've been feeling best:

     I've always liked this picture. It looks so silly, but I find myself acting like the fish in the bowl way too often. I need to embrace the changing seasons of my life, not be scared of them, knowing that each stage pulls me closer to what God has in store for me.