Don't Like Change
I tried to log into my Star-fish blog and it kept saying that I couldn't access it. It also noted a "New Blogger!" format to come that everyone will eventually have to use. I clicked "revert to old format," or something like that, and I was back! Oh, how I wish there was a "revert to the old days" button on life currently.
The news recently noted that we were running out of "change" or coins. I think we are up to our eyeballs in "change," but not the metal-type. I don't like change; it takes too much effort to convert. If pushing the "revert to the old days" button were to work, we could be hanging out with family and friends. Traveling near and far. Eating out at numerous types of establishments and enjoying various entertainment venues.
But as I mentioned to a friend today, maybe God is allowing this isolation so we are forced to focus on Him for our conversation, provision, protection, and comfort. With the fears of illness due to COVID-19, violence due to rioting, and financial losses due to no work or reduced business, He could be reminding us where our help comes from.
So although I don't like change, if it pushes me closer to God and more firmly into relationship with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, then bring it on! In the end, the only things that are eternal are those decisions and commitments we make that change peoples' lives for eternity. We will all one day go either to heaven or hell. Regardless of what the world tells us about living and dying, the Bible, God's love letter to humankind, is the only "old format" that we, as Christians, should live by.
We may try to change the message of the Bible to fit our current times, but that will not change the message that God wrote to us about how we came to be and where we'll end up when our time is up. It also doesn't change who God is. Many talk about an angry god that beats people into submission or shames them into expected behaviors. I've only really know God a little over half my life, but He's never been angry or shaming, He's always been full of grace and mercy to me.
The world may be changing, which I'm still not a fan of, but the best is yet to come, if you'll simply ask Jesus Christ, God's Son, to forgive you of your sins (living without regard to God), and ask Him to come into your life and be your Savior and Lord. Ask Him to be the One True God in your life. Submit yourself to Him and He will make your path straight and show you unconditional love like you have never experienced before. Make the change; the best "format change" you will ever make and the bonus is, it is not for a limited time offer; it will last throughout eternity!
The news recently noted that we were running out of "change" or coins. I think we are up to our eyeballs in "change," but not the metal-type. I don't like change; it takes too much effort to convert. If pushing the "revert to the old days" button were to work, we could be hanging out with family and friends. Traveling near and far. Eating out at numerous types of establishments and enjoying various entertainment venues.
But as I mentioned to a friend today, maybe God is allowing this isolation so we are forced to focus on Him for our conversation, provision, protection, and comfort. With the fears of illness due to COVID-19, violence due to rioting, and financial losses due to no work or reduced business, He could be reminding us where our help comes from.
So although I don't like change, if it pushes me closer to God and more firmly into relationship with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, then bring it on! In the end, the only things that are eternal are those decisions and commitments we make that change peoples' lives for eternity. We will all one day go either to heaven or hell. Regardless of what the world tells us about living and dying, the Bible, God's love letter to humankind, is the only "old format" that we, as Christians, should live by.
We may try to change the message of the Bible to fit our current times, but that will not change the message that God wrote to us about how we came to be and where we'll end up when our time is up. It also doesn't change who God is. Many talk about an angry god that beats people into submission or shames them into expected behaviors. I've only really know God a little over half my life, but He's never been angry or shaming, He's always been full of grace and mercy to me.
The world may be changing, which I'm still not a fan of, but the best is yet to come, if you'll simply ask Jesus Christ, God's Son, to forgive you of your sins (living without regard to God), and ask Him to come into your life and be your Savior and Lord. Ask Him to be the One True God in your life. Submit yourself to Him and He will make your path straight and show you unconditional love like you have never experienced before. Make the change; the best "format change" you will ever make and the bonus is, it is not for a limited time offer; it will last throughout eternity!
Psalm 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the hills--where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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