Transitions premeate our lives.

Change is constant and often of our own doing.  Setting in motion a series of events that we can neither take back or change once begun.  This goes for good and bad change.  We pretty much know there are consequences when we contemplate and then engage the change.  What we don't anticipate are the changes brought upon us by other people or agencies.  So, with our world being lifted up or assaulted on a daily basis, it's no wonder that we often throw our hands up and let change take its course.  It's not the change we need to be wary of as much as it is reactions that come to us and through us.  Whether we embrace or repel the change dictates how we act and react in those circumstances.  Is it with a Christian heart or a secular attitude?  Does our reaction to circumstances show forth the love of God?  Tough questions but necessary given the state of affairs in our world today.  I'd like to think my every action and reaction are from God.  That wouldn't be true though.  Even my most Christian action can be devastating if my action isn't His actions made through me.  No one clued me in that being a Christian was going to be so complex.  God loves us.  The Word tells us that he never puts more on us without providing a way out.  The Word tells us that we will be persecuted for our faith and that the world we live in will hate us and what we represent.  Even with change encompassing our lives we can have peace with God.  We don't need to know why God is doing this or that.  All we have need of is the knowledge that God has asked us to act on His will for our world.  Pretty much all of us have questions that have no answer about change in our lives.  We talk about asking Jesus what was he thinking when he asked us to do this or that.  When we get to heaven there will no longer be the questions that need answering.  Why should it be any different here on earth?  Our lives are ours to give back to God to do as he wishes with.  Change is inevitable and should be embraced if that change is brought about by the loving God we deserve.