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Posted by: Miguel Zayas - 03/31/08 @ 12:58AM
Change: tʃeɪndʒ/cheynj]...to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.
I am learning, sometimes slower than I would like, that change is a necessary part of life, but can be quite painful in the process.
Mai knows me better than anyone in the whole world, she knows me and can very often finish my thoughts for me...she knows how much I actually like change. It has become a frequent subject in our house...
I get bored quite quickly so just shortly after a year living in our new home I want to change the paint on the walls, put up new wallpaper, build a grill house in our backyard...Mai laughs at me because it seems that just as we get close to settling in I want to do something different.
I have told Mai, that everything that surrounds me is subject to change, except my love for her, our children and God, so just short of those 3 categories everything can be changed.
So where is the challenge?
The challenge for me becomes the pain that is often associated with change especially when it comes to people and church...
Recently, we have been going through a lot of changes here in our local church I pastor. These changes are absolutely necessary for us to move forward, but quite painful as I have begun to notice that these changes directly affect the people I care for the most...our leaders...
The definition of CHANGE is to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.
Isn't this sometimes the hardest thing to do? Because it means that there is a course correction in midstream and when life, friends, vision, plans, and ideas are all pointing to one direction, yet God calls us to do something different.
When you commit your life to follow Christ there is a complete directional change which may mean that at times friends will have to get used to you being a very different person and may even leave you as friend. That your vision, plans and ideas for your life are now subject to a higher purpose and those very things that held close will have to be let go so God can give you His ideas, plans and visions...
Our church will surf this wave of change and we will be stronger for it, it is painful now but that too will change...
How about you? How are you navigating change? Are you avoiding it? Or embracing it as an opportunity from God to grow?
Let me know how you handle change...I would love to learn how you do it...
Till next time...
Miguel
I am learning, sometimes slower than I would like, that change is a necessary part of life, but can be quite painful in the process.
Mai knows me better than anyone in the whole world, she knows me and can very often finish my thoughts for me...she knows how much I actually like change. It has become a frequent subject in our house...
I get bored quite quickly so just shortly after a year living in our new home I want to change the paint on the walls, put up new wallpaper, build a grill house in our backyard...Mai laughs at me because it seems that just as we get close to settling in I want to do something different.
I have told Mai, that everything that surrounds me is subject to change, except my love for her, our children and God, so just short of those 3 categories everything can be changed.
So where is the challenge?
The challenge for me becomes the pain that is often associated with change especially when it comes to people and church...
Recently, we have been going through a lot of changes here in our local church I pastor. These changes are absolutely necessary for us to move forward, but quite painful as I have begun to notice that these changes directly affect the people I care for the most...our leaders...
The definition of CHANGE is to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.
Isn't this sometimes the hardest thing to do? Because it means that there is a course correction in midstream and when life, friends, vision, plans, and ideas are all pointing to one direction, yet God calls us to do something different.
When you commit your life to follow Christ there is a complete directional change which may mean that at times friends will have to get used to you being a very different person and may even leave you as friend. That your vision, plans and ideas for your life are now subject to a higher purpose and those very things that held close will have to be let go so God can give you His ideas, plans and visions...
Our church will surf this wave of change and we will be stronger for it, it is painful now but that too will change...
How about you? How are you navigating change? Are you avoiding it? Or embracing it as an opportunity from God to grow?
Let me know how you handle change...I would love to learn how you do it...
Till next time...
Miguel
