This morning in Minnesota it is
30 degrees. A week ago, it was close to 80! Roller-coaster changes in the weather
are commonplace here. It may take some time for our bodies to acclimate to
varying temperatures and seasons, but the change keeps us hardy and able to adjust
and adapt.
What changes are
you experiencing in your life? There is a seemingly unending array of change
throughout our lifetimes. Changes in weight, in age, in appetite, in values, in
jobs, in houses, in circumstances. The list could go on and on and on.
Change can be
difficult and challenging. Some change is chosen and anticipated with
enthusiasm. Other changes come out of nowhere, stopping us in our tracks. We do
have choices when change is forced upon us or even as a chosen path. How do we
adapt?
Talking over change
with the ones we love, exchanging possible scenarios and options and possible
outcomes may help. Praying together or praying one-on-one with God will allow
His hand to guide us into something new. When a difficult change is forced upon
us, we can trust God to show us a new way of life, a new road to take, a ray of
sunshine on a dimly-lit path, small blessings along the way as we wait
expectantly for Him to work.
I will
lead the blind by ways they have not known. Along unfamiliar paths I will guide them. I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough
places smooth. These are the things I will do. I will not forsake them. Isaiah
42:16
Let Jesus take hold
of your hand and guide you through the dark times, the times you may not see a
way out, hoping for light at the end of a tunnel. He will go ahead of you and
make the rough places smooth and He will never leave you. Hang on. Change is
coming.
Lord,
The changes in life are many and varied. Give hope to those
experiencing dark times today. Guide all of us into days of hope and life.
In Jesus name,
Amen
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