Denial is not a river in Egypt.
Our season in the UK is almost finished.
I have to constantly remind myself of this fact. Even though it's a couple of days before I board the plane, I haven't start packing. Everything is still the same....the house is still untouched.
We still invite people, do the washing, water the plants...nothing has changed....except...our season.
Change is the only constant thing
Some still try to proof this statement wrong. They struggle to risk and prefer a structured, organised and predictable life. Others embrace it and become addicted to change. They frequently change their surroundings, jobs, countries, clothes, restaurants and even friends. Change becomes their comfort zone.
But even though you try to plan your life in advance so that change will not sneak up on you and catch you off guard, the nature of change still remains the same. When it occurs it leaves you curious as well as uncertain. You look forward to what it may bring yet your heart struggles to let go of what you have. You become focussed on trying to manage the unknown, even though change always leads you to an unexpected destination.Sometimes change causes mixed emotions to surface and creates tension within. Things might not turn out the way you expected. You might have to clear out rooms in your heart that you grew accustomed to. Some might have to say good bye unexpectedly without having sufficient time to process the fact that change already happened.
Change is the only constant thing.
I love change, even though it is sometimes difficult. I've realised that it is very easy to look forward to change when you didn't enjoy the season you were in. Yet, change becomes an unwelcome friend when you flourished in the season you were in.
And for me this is the difficult part of change....changing when you don't want to.
God is in the business of change. He is so creative, so great, so immeasurably omnipotent and outrageously good. He is the Creator of all things, the protector of every living being and the author of change. He gave seasons as an expression of His creativity so that we can enjoy all elements of His extraordinary love.
Change is a gift from God.
Even when change is unexpected or unwanted, it still enriches your Spirit. It helps you to look deeper within, and forces you to reach out to God. Change makes life exciting and new and helps us to remember that we are not in control, and that we don't have to be.....because God is.
God is constant in the midst of change.
His love never changes, His character stays the same. He is still the God of the impossible, the God of wisdom and understanding that will never leave us and will lead us through dark times, the One that will be our shoulder to cry on, the one that will carry us through desert times. He will dance with us, celebrate with us, promote us and lead us into victory.....and this will never change.
And through the seasons of change our eternal purpose remains steadfast in Him and can we throw away the old, latch our hearts to God, and open the gift of change.
Let the packing begin!
Eccl 3:1, 6
To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under the sun. A time to get and a time to loose, a time to keep and a time to cast away.
Our season in the UK is almost finished.
I have to constantly remind myself of this fact. Even though it's a couple of days before I board the plane, I haven't start packing. Everything is still the same....the house is still untouched.
We still invite people, do the washing, water the plants...nothing has changed....except...our season.
The boxes are arriving tomorrow. At some point it has to sink in that I have to start wrapping the memoriesof London in newspaper, carefully place it on top of one another and put it away. I have to let go of the things hold dear to make way for other things. The old must be thrown away to start dreaming of the new.
Change is the only constant thing
Some still try to proof this statement wrong. They struggle to risk and prefer a structured, organised and predictable life. Others embrace it and become addicted to change. They frequently change their surroundings, jobs, countries, clothes, restaurants and even friends. Change becomes their comfort zone.
But even though you try to plan your life in advance so that change will not sneak up on you and catch you off guard, the nature of change still remains the same. When it occurs it leaves you curious as well as uncertain. You look forward to what it may bring yet your heart struggles to let go of what you have. You become focussed on trying to manage the unknown, even though change always leads you to an unexpected destination.Sometimes change causes mixed emotions to surface and creates tension within. Things might not turn out the way you expected. You might have to clear out rooms in your heart that you grew accustomed to. Some might have to say good bye unexpectedly without having sufficient time to process the fact that change already happened.
Change is the only constant thing.
I love change, even though it is sometimes difficult. I've realised that it is very easy to look forward to change when you didn't enjoy the season you were in. Yet, change becomes an unwelcome friend when you flourished in the season you were in.
And for me this is the difficult part of change....changing when you don't want to.
God is in the business of change. He is so creative, so great, so immeasurably omnipotent and outrageously good. He is the Creator of all things, the protector of every living being and the author of change. He gave seasons as an expression of His creativity so that we can enjoy all elements of His extraordinary love.
Change is a gift from God.
Even when change is unexpected or unwanted, it still enriches your Spirit. It helps you to look deeper within, and forces you to reach out to God. Change makes life exciting and new and helps us to remember that we are not in control, and that we don't have to be.....because God is.
God is constant in the midst of change.
His love never changes, His character stays the same. He is still the God of the impossible, the God of wisdom and understanding that will never leave us and will lead us through dark times, the One that will be our shoulder to cry on, the one that will carry us through desert times. He will dance with us, celebrate with us, promote us and lead us into victory.....and this will never change.
And through the seasons of change our eternal purpose remains steadfast in Him and can we throw away the old, latch our hearts to God, and open the gift of change.
Let the packing begin!
Eccl 3:1, 6
To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under the sun. A time to get and a time to loose, a time to keep and a time to cast away.
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