Monday, April 5, 2010

Who You Are Today

Hey all,

Imagine back maybe 5 or 10 years, think of the person you were back then, what you were going through then, thoughts you were thinking. If I think back to when I was in high school and compare that to now, I can see a big difference. Think of the events that happened in your life in the in between period and the impact they had. I wonder if there is anyone one of us who can look back and see no change with today. I believe we are always changing because life is always affecting us in different ways.

There are personality changes, for example, where I can see issues I was unsure about in high school, I know where I stand now. Or physical changes, like moving to a different place or losing a bunch of weight. Life changes, such as back in high school, I was lonely whereas now, I am married. Or spiritual changes, like knowing more about God now compared to back when. Yet, perhaps some changes you see when you look back are not positive. Maybe you didn't change for the better in every area. Sometimes life experiences can effect negative changes in us.

The important thing is that we can look back and see the changes, either good or bad. Then we can deal with the results, praising God for the good and asking him to change the bad. This allows us to be better aware of ourselves, know who we are, where we've been and where we want to go.

Some people really fight change in their lives because they don't know how to deal with it. They don't want to let change affect them. This is unfortunate because it prevents them from growing and discovering new things about themselves or the world around them. Sometimes change can be scary because we don't know what will happen to us but looking back, we are able to see how everything worked out. We can look back now and understand the changes that happened in the past so we don't need to be scared about the future because one day we will be able to look back at that too.

After all, God is constant. His love for us is constant. So as long as we push to follow him and trust him, he will lead us right and work out all the changes. I don't think change is a bad thing. Rather, it's a chance to practice trusting God.

Quite often, we seek change in our lives. We have something that we want to change or we pray for someone else to change. That's another area that only God can take care of. We have to trust him. So, as we remember who we were and now understand better who we are today, can you see where God led you? Maybe it was gentle and gradual or maybe he just took you from one place and plopped you right down in another. Looking back let's us see God's fingerprints on our lives. Let's thank God for being with us and ask that he continues to guide us through all the changes that come our way.

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