Change certainly isn’t easy for me. I wouldn’t be up at
11:42 for almost any other reason.
But, this week I realized something absolutely amazing about
change.
Change is an opportunity to see meaning in a world that we
so often forget how it special is and it is a time to see how you’ve changed
and grown since the last big change.
The semester has ended. I will not again take a Bible class
in my undergraduate education (I’m not sure capstone counts) and I can see so
much that is different in how I see the Bible.
The semester is ended and I’m getting a chance to see just
how important some people have become to me, some who were important starting
freshman year, and some who slipped into my heart three months ago.
My character is not what it was at the beginning of this semester,
I have grown and become a new person—though that person is certainly still
growing and evolving in the environments God places me. But change, change can
be good. Because without change I might not remember to stop and see how much
where I am and who I am with influence who I am and how I think.
Without change, I wouldn’t get a chance to see new things—which
according to a friend of mine new is good.
Change is like changing lanes. This time, you don’t just glance in the rear
view mirror, you turn your head look back at your blind spots, and then look
forward again and then back once more, just to be sure. So look back catch your
blind spot, grasp hold of the person you’ve become, and look forward to a new,
and good thing.
