Change
Change is in the air. The cooler temperatures and the
turning of the leaves indicate that change is happening all around us. While I
do enjoy the changing of the seasons, other types of changes can be difficult
for me.
Sometimes I think I would like to be able to say that I have
lived in the same house for my whole life. Or I might enjoy having worked in
the same field for my entire career. However God has had other plans for my
life. You see, I can’t even name the number of places I have lived in
consecutive order without stopping and thinking hard about it. Within my
current company I have had multiple job titles (some I have enjoyed more than
others) and as a teacher I was in 8 different schools teaching many different
topics.
As much as I think I would like to have stability and
consistency in my life, I think of all of the things that would have been missed
and all of the people I would never have met and the places I would have never
visited. I would have been a very different person had I not gone through so
many shifts, and movements and changes in my life.
I’m not sure what the next change will be, but I can sense
it coming. There is a “for sale” sign in my yard and although there is no plan
in place if and when it sells, I know it means my life will not remain safe and
stable.
Change brings with it uncertainty especially right now with
the unknown facing us. Will we be moving in this area? Will we be moving back
to Texas? Will we be moving to an entirely different location where we know no
one?
I can’t answer any of those questions, but I know who can.
My Father…my Heavenly Father. You see I am told in Psalm 139 that before I was
even born, God knew what He had planned for me. And because I know my Father
and He has always been faithful and trustworthy, I can rest assured it is going
to be a good plan.
Psalm 139:15b-16 When I was woven together in the depths of
the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were
written in your book before one of them came to be.
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