Are you ready for a change? The dictionary tells us change implies making either an essential difference, often amounting to a loss of original identity or a substitution of one thing for another. We change locations. We change clothes. We change cars. Presidents are replaced. Sometimes we even change the locations of the furniture. The old neighborhood has been replaced by other people. Sadly, our body is changing and not for the better. Keep coloring your hair, but the roots will reveal the truth.
My gallbladder is gone, and I say, good riddance to that. There is a vein that used to reside in my leg, but my heart needed it more. I have to take a pill everyday so I can continue drinking coffee and having pizza. The bag boy asks to carry out my two little bags of groceries out to the car. McDonalds’ offers me the senior discount. I look forward to funerals so I can meet up with old friends.
How to adapt to a new situation and face the fact that the old situation has no plans of returning is a challenge. Joshua faced such a dilemma in Joshua chapter one. His advice was inspired by God. His statement inspired courage, strength, the need to face reality, and motivation to move forward.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
The past is history, the future is a mystery, today’s a gift, and that’s why we call it “the present.”
Think about it.
Gary