The Constant

Change.  It is such a normal part of life.  Why then, do I fight against each stage of it?  I so enjoyed a beautiful Christmas with my family this year. But my heart could not help but remember with nostalgia, when I was younger and all of my grandparents were alive, and so much a part of the family.  Then I recalled when the kids were little. Safely nestled at home.  Now one is married, and the other is 18.  Things have definitely changed.  Sad changes.  Good changes.  Endings.  New beginnings.  It is all a part of His plan.

Through all of the up's and down's of the years, one thing is constant.   God's loving care.  His provision.  His presence.  He is my Constant. 

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8).

Because He is my faithful companion.  My rock.  There is always just enough stability in my life to keep my feet under me.  Because of His constancy,  I am not shaken.  I am  not moved! 

Looking ahead to 2015, I am comforted to know that He is already there.  He has gone before me.  He has plans too big and wonderful for me to perceive.   Instead, I must trust.  I must lean.  I must rely.  I do not have to figure out tomorrow.  I do not have to fret my end-of-the-year work.  I do not have to dread the job audit that is to come.  I do not have to figure out ministry steps.  Instead, I walk joyfully forward.  Smiling. Trusting.  Believing.  He is there.  He does not change.  He is  my grace and peace when all else moves.

Dear Lord, as Christmas ends, and my focus shifts to the end of one more holiday season, one more year, help me to look forward and not backward.  Help me look up to you- and never down.  Help me to rest in the season you have appointed for me.  Help me trust with ever increasing glory this year. May I rest safely in your care as a sleeping infant does upon  his mother or father's shoulder. In Jesus' Name.  Amen.