Change
This week, I spotted the first yellow leaves appearing on the trees. It seems just yesterday that I was watching the leaves burst forth from the dormant trees. Summer will soon be gone and fall will be here in full force with the vibrant yellows, reds and oranges on the mountains. Change…I am not very good with it, in fact, I would be happy if summer would continue on, but it won’t. And in reality, it shouldn’t. Life is a lot like the seasons--just when I think life is set, something changes. Children grow up and start their own families. Jobs come and go. Moves take you from place to place. Loved ones grow older and even pass on. Landlines become obsolete and the newest updates in software come quicker than we can learn the previous version. Seasons of life can be hard and they can also be exciting. Change is really good for us even if we do not like it. If things never changed we would become stagnant and boring. God’s desire is for our lives to be challenging, stimulating, and ever-...