Change

Change is a very easy word, but it is a very difficult concept to wrap our simple brains around. We have to accept that change is the absolute norm for our lives. Every morning that we awaken, we begin a new and exciting adventure in our lives. Many think that our new day is just another humdrum day, plodding along doing our job, going to school, or cleaning the house. What a dull life we live!!! Ho-hum! I am going to warn you: change is love.

At my age and physical condition, there is not much that I can do. But when I arise, I say to my wife that this is a great day; let’s get busy creating something new. Yesterday is forgotten; there is no going back to what has already happened. Smile, there is no remorse. If something is over, don’t be sad; be glad you had the opportunity to share whatever it was. Be courageous. Let’s take that step to the new adventure together. All three of us. You, me, and God. God gives us the courage and the desire to move forward, gives us the ability and the desire to be an element of change.

God knows, and God teaches us that anything of value is worthy of change. Looking forward is change; looking forward is our courage in action; it is us growing, loving, converting our inner selves to the futures of tomorrow. When we grow, we strengthen ourselves for any future struggles that others may cause us to face. We face them with flashes of lights and trumpets roaring in our minds as we gather our strength and the understanding that our new day is filled with God’s Love and guidance.

God asks us to change every day of our lives. We see un-godly images as we drive and walk our city streets; the poor and disabled crowd our successes with pleadings to change. Do we have the courage to walk up to that man, woman, or child and say, “I recognize that God inhabits your soul as He inhabits mine. I wake up every morning in a world of change; you do not. But this morning your world will change because God asks me to help change your life. I want to change your life.”

Can we really change? I pray so.