Change

It is certainly no surprise to anyone to read that change can be difficult. Everything changes; nothing stays as it is. A favorite pair of jeans finally falls apart and must be replaced. A song which was once our favorite now sounds really dumb to us. Friends move away and are replaced by other friends. Our neighborhoods move slowly from new homes filled with young families to decaying houses filled with people who are strange or even scary to us. Our churches don't look or sound the way they used to. Our human response is to resist or even to fight change because we long to have something permanent to hold on to. Times of transition can feel like times of chaos, because so many things seem foreign and frightening, and we long to withdraw into something that is familiar and comfortable.

It is in these times that the strength of our trust in the Lord is revealed. Proverbs 3:5 tells us to "trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." He is the one who doesn't change. Our relationship with Christ will only grow stronger and more precious as we put our trust in Him and not in our circumstance or position. When it seems that everything around us is going away, remember that Christ is always right there.