Change it up

Well it has been a while since I’ve even sat down to write anything for this Blog.  The last few weeks have been pretty busy.  I was in a musical, Bye, Bye Birdie and show time can be pretty crazy.  Everything turned out super well and it was a lot of fun, but right now I’m thankful that it’s over because I have a pretty big task over the next few weeks.  Moving back home is going to be great, really it’s the right thing however the process of getting things moved is a bit overwhelming to me.  There have been times when I have sat in my living room surveying the ground without any idea of how even half of the stuff in here will fit in my mom’s house.   

 

A while back Hershey’s had these commercials where they would show something changed and how bad the change was the tagline was “Change is bad.  .   . Hershey’s unchanged since 18??” I could totally relate to those commercials.  Deep down I know change is often good.  I know the Lord brings changes into our lives to help us grow in ways that wouldn’t be possible if things were always the same.  I’ve even experienced great changes in my own life seeing firsthand the joys that can come from something new.  However change still isn’t something I do without at least a few moments of “NOOOOOOOO” 

 

I am certain that the changes in my life right now are good ones, but there’s a part of me that’s still nervous.  A part of me that can see all the things that might go wrong, that doesn’t want to give up the certainty of what life is now to walk into uncertainty.  Thankfully that part of me is fighting a losing battle. Yes there are still moments of struggle, but those moments are becoming shorter.  When those thoughts come into my head that say “This will never work” “You can’t handle what’s coming?” it is becoming more normal to take them captive and make them obedient to Christ.  To replace them with prayers asking the Lord for wisdom, for strength, for a willingness to walk by faith and not by sight.

 

I’m looking forward to more opportunities to learn to see the blessings of change without the fear of it.  Over the next few months I’m not only moving back home, I’ll also be heading off to Central Ohio to work for about a month and a half at a Christian summer camp (More on that in future posts I’m sure).  There are adventures ahead, and they will be good.  I know they’ll be good, because I know God is good.  I know He truly knows what is best and will do what is best in my life.