"I am the Lord, I change not, therefore you are not consumed...."Malachi 3:6
The tree outside my office window has changed. It is not first time. Each season brings another change, even though I live in Southern California. Its interesting to notice the different colors and stages of growth as our tree responds to the climate.
People change physically as they grow older. I look at the radiant young bride in our wedding photograph on the bedroom wall and marvel at the change the years have made in my person and at the changes the years have made in my personality.
Change is not always a negative alteration. It can be a creative renewal. Like the trees, change can make us beautifully productive. A positive attitude can make us creative throughout life. Each season colors our personality with various hues to make us glow and grow.
Life causes change like the loss of a loved one, by death or divorce, loss of our identity, by unemployment or bankruptcy, or loss of relationships, by jealousy or envy, or loss of peaceful stability, by moving from the familiar to the unfamiliar.
If we resent the changes we slowly wither, dry up and die bitter and barren.
But if we surrender our lives to the Unchanging Creator and trust His creative power, we may be creative in all seasons. We can allow the creative energy of the Holy Spirit make us blossom and bear His beautiful fruit. This type of creative change can continue right up to the end of life on earth.
Surrender: Your fear or resentment of change to the Lord's and allow the Holy Spirit to bring renewal again and again all your life long.
PRAYER: O God, I thank you that I am in You, the Changeless. I rejoice as I watch the passing changes of life and thank you I shall not perish but have eternal life. Amen
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