Change

Life is full of change. During my short lifetime I have moved many times and in each instance I would have to adjust to the changing of homes. Along with changing homes I had changing friendships-those who I had once been the best of friends with slowly faded away as new people came flying into my life. As we grow our body's change and that is an adjustment as well. Our perception of life changes, our tastes change, and our feelings change.

Personally, I have never been a huge fan of change. It rips away all those things I once held dear and gives me something new and unfamiliar. In those times of change feelings of loneliness would creep up on me and I would cry and wonder why my life had to change. Why did I have to move? Why did I have to leave my friends? Why does my body have to change? Why do I have to grow up? etcetera...but then I realized that not everything changes. There will always be a constant in my life and it is the most important relationship in life. "I the Lord do not Change" (Malachi 3:6).

 At that point I realized that we are thrown into all these changes in order for us to cling to God and put our trust in him. Because I have been through so many changes in my life already, I have had so many opportunities to put my trust in God and cling to him. It is also through those times that I see him working the most. Of course he is always at work, but it's during those times that I am clinging to him so tightly and looking to him to be my solid foundation that I am able to see what he is doing all around me. 

It is wonderful to be able to look back at all those changes and see where they have brought me today. I can certainly rest knowing that God has my best interest at heart. Today I am very happily married to a wonderful guy whom I love very much. The best part of this is there are going to be many more changes in life and now I will be able to go through them with someone else. We will be able to cling to God as a couple and watch as he works all around us and through us.