The Nature of Change

Change is inevitable. Big or small, lasting or just for a short time, changes rules our lives. Change can lead us to panic, acceptance, or joy.

Many changes are seen as a threat to the self. We are, for the most part, resistant to change; it can turn our worldview upside down. The death of someone you love, losing a relationship or a job - all of these can, and usually does, cause a sense of panic. One doesn't want it to happen; and he or she can be devastated by the change's impact.

Acceptance can run the spectrum from relatively easy to seemingly impossible and hard-won, depending on the intensity of the change. A relatively minor change, for example, attending a new school, leads to some reluctance but soon the person gets his bearings and his life is level once more. The loss of a loved one can take years to accept, and at first seems impossible. This type of acceptance needs not only time, but in a way, courage.

Those who create and bring the new into the world wecome change. For the change leads to a new book, a painting, a new theory of the natural world, or of GOD and His plan for us. The birth of a baby is a particularly joyful change. Life changes, and creative people embrace it.

How do you face change? Perhaps the best way is with your Bible in your hand....