Luke 21:33 (King James Version)
33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Sometimes, I pride myself on loving change. I do love change when it involves me or my family trying something new, different, strange or exciting.
But I have to admit....
when change involves letting my friends try something new, different, strange or exciting....
when it means I have to let them go....
I don't like change.
Nothing stays the same. Everything changes.
Only the Word of the Lord remains completely constant. Someone might say that the stars stay constant, but only as long as the Lord tarries. When he returns everything here will change.
...heaven and earth shall pass away...
It's so easy to move on myself. Why is it so hard to allow others to move on?
I'm sure that there are many people out there who grew up in one spot, always attending the same church in the same place with the same people and are raising their children the same way.
I envy you sometimes. That has not been our lot.
Sure, we could have made some choices that might have caused those circumstances to happen in our lives, but I think that if I am truly honest I have to say that when you really want to follow Jesus, He has to be able to decide what is best for you.
If His best is to be settled in one spot, then rejoice in that!
If His best is to be flexible, then rejoice in that!
Pray for me to rejoice in that. Pray for me to rejoice in what the Lord is doing in my sweet friends' lives.
Philippians 4:11-12 (New King James Version)
11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: 12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Lord, help me to be content...