Nova Scotia: 1st month anniversary – Change, Change, Change

Change – it’s part of life, without it life would become stale. In fact, change is necessity for life, it is evidence of life itself. Things are always changing; however, as you live each day change is often invisible, but if you look back over a year or more change is always evident. Sometimes change is just natural, other times change a choice, and still others times change is forced upon you by circumstances or choices beyond ones control, (my kids know all about this kind of change). Yet, people come and go into our lives all the time. Chances are there are new people that have come into our life that were not part of your circles last year, and the opposite is probably true too - people have left.  

But when you’re the one that uproots, when you’re the new one in a circle, when you’re the newcomer or outsider coming into to a school, a church, or a ______ (you fill in the blank)  change is not subtle or discreet; rather, it is like a freight train at Wolf Creek, an everyday occurrence that needs to be dealt with. Sometimes it is easy and barely noticeable, other times it loud and annoying; yet it is still  part of life The choice is how to react to all this change.

Our natural reaction is to avoid change or to with draw to the familiar, but what happens when that is not an option. I have no real answer, but the last two days (not a coincidence I believe) my devotions have led me to Psalm 139 and Isaiah 43. Both passages explicitly describe how God is in control. That none of this change, if fact nothing at all, catches God off guard and just as important he is always there with thru whatever change you’re going thru.  

Blessing to all - HJK