Many of us do not even like the word. We don’t want to do the word. We become very stubborn and obstinate when the word makes an appearance in our lives.
Yet it comes and is constantly working in our lives no matter what we want. Our circumstances are constantly changing. Our physical bodies are constantly changing. Our spiritual lives are also changing. Our mental beings are changing.
The very act of waking in the morning is a change of what was. We were sleeping and now we are awake. That is a change.
So when we say that we don't like change, we aren’t being fully truthful. What we really are saying is that we don’t like the changes that aren’t for the better. If we were blessed with a better income, a new car, an unexpected visit from a good friend, etc., we would love that change. We would call it a blessing. We like change in this case.
But when the changes come that are abrupt, hard, and seems to make more work, and that alters the very way we do life, then it is hated, scary, and very unpleasant. These kinds of changes are the ones when we say we don’t like change.
We are creatures of habit. We get into a rut that is hard to climb out of. We become very comfortable where we are and with what we do. We become complacent in our actions. This is when we become lazy. We don’t want to change. It would be uncomfortable to change. It would mean we would actually have to put in some energy to make changes. We become lethargic, passionless, even spiritless in many cases.
Change does not have to be scary; it truly can be a blessing. Fifteen months ago our family had a drastic change when my father had a stroke. This was an abrupt and drastic change. It was an unpleasant change, a hard one. This change was scary, it was really not a fun or enjoyable time to go through. Our choices were given: we roll with it, we walk away from it, we allow others to dictate to us what we had to do, we give up and just let anything happen, etc., or we could embrace it and learn about health, anatomy, etc. These were some of the choices we were faced with many days. How does one turn a scary change into a blessing?
It can be done. It takes energy, work, sleepless nights, research, prayer and more prayer. We chose to make the change into a blessing. It was hard, very hard! We started asking questions, learning basic health and anatomy, we questioned everything so we would hear answers. We searched for answers. We prayed for wisdom, we prayed in repentance for allowing laziness and non-commitment to be a part of our daily lives.
Because of this change that came so very hard and abruptly, our family has learned some lessons of living. We were brought back to the basics of what God set up for humans from the very beginning of time. Since God created us, we knew that He had the basic guidelines for living and had given them to His people. So we searched and prayed. We started finding answers of why, of what, and the consequences that come of our very simple actions. We are still learning.
Because of these changes, our family has improved in health, in mental function, and also in our spiritual lives. We have become radicals because we go back to the basics and find the root of things. We want to know the very basics of eating, working, sleeping, relating, and God Himself. This has brought us to a way of living that is new and different than what is ordinary or traditional. That’s radical.
Our world today has become caught up with what is convenient. We don’t question the things that are offered to us. We just take and use because they are convenient. I’m not against making life easier in some areas. We don’t have to do everything the hard way. What I am saying is that we don’t question anymore. We don’t even care. We don’t want to know why. This leaves us open to others dictating to us of what we do, how we do, and how we live. It came down to how we wanted to live. Did we want to follow God, who created us, or were we going to allow the world around us to tell us how we should live?
It’s time we wake up and start finding out what the consequences are of our actions and our inaction. Too often we know we should change, but we do nothing. Just knowing will not make a difference. We have to put some hard work and action to our choices. What change will you embrace and make into a blessing?
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