News Flash: Change is Good

Tammy has an encouraging post up about her family's recent cross country move and all the adjustments that go along with leaving a home you've grown quite used to, family, friends, church -- everything familiar to us.

One of the wonderful (and scary) things about life is that it never stays the same.



Part of me craves the familiar old standbys. My husband is this way too. We like a calm, predictable routine without many changes. In the last couple of years, we've experienced several major life changes. As a matter of fact, it would be difficult to cram many more major changes into a two year span.



Getting married, selling two homes, buying and remodeling the one we live in now, starting two new businesses are all good changes. While we are delighted with all new events in our lives, they are still changes and require a period of adjustment. It takes time get used to new things, to develop a new routine.



George and I prayed about all the changes we've gone through each step of the way and feel at peace with every single one. We are right where God wants us at this season in our lives. That's a tremendous comfort to both of us. God is forcing us to grow and adapt; we've learned to lean on Him more -- to trust Him with everything.



It's funny, on one level we crave change; we want something new and fresh. Sometimes we think we know exactly what we want, sometimes not. We ask God to do a new thing in our lives. Nothing happens. We ask again, we beg, we plead, we complain. And then, in God's timing, he lovingly ushers us into a new season in our lives. It could be anything from marriage, a new baby, a move, a new job, coming home to be a homemaker, a promotion, new friends, a new church. At a moment's notice we are forced to grow, change, learn new things. This stretching process is so good for us, yet we fear it.