We recently took a business trip north of Seattle on the coast. As the sun was going down I took some beautiful pictures and I noticed the rocks were smooth and round at the edge of the water, then turned to sand closer to shore. The constant beating of the waves turned the jagged rocks smooth and over time into sand.
I’m getting older but I still think I’m a young man. We never seem to change in our own minds… but then I look in the mirror, I wonder who that old man is looking back at me.
We all experience change in our lives, and It’s ok to think like you’re young and that you will never change but… maturity is knowing that you have and you will continue to change.
Psalms 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
There are changes that we dream of, and look forward to, and changes that we fear. Change is the one constant in our lives that never deviates.
But in some small way, we slowly learn that each day is precious, that our time is short, and we only get one trip around… life changes us and the one thing that is for sure and for certain is… that things will not stay the same no matter how much we would like them to.
When a life change occurs, we have two choices in how we can respond. We can regress in despair from the change that has come upon us and live assuming things will only get worse, or we can move forward and look for new opportunities, for personal growth.
Those are the only things that can change our course and direction. Because any “change” can only only move a person in two ways… positive or negative.
Some changes are inevitable and some are out of our control, but the effects of change… are entirely in our hands, and how we choose to deal with those changes in our life are completely voluntary.
