Everything Changes

Genesis 8:22 “As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night."

Memorial Day ushered in the unofficial start of summer, and I spent it at the beach slathering on SPF 70 and listening to K-LOVE radio.  My nieces and nephews eventually showed up, and everyone enjoyed the cool water and feasted on food only a Cuban grandmother could make.  As we sat in knee-deep water, my eldest niece lamented the fact that her parents won't let her get a summer job (she is 15), and my nephew was bummed about another couple weeks of school.  And I thought to myself:  Dear dear precious teenagers, live in this moment because eventually, EVERYTHING CHANGES.

The Bible teaches us that as long as we are alive on this earth there will be constant changes in our lives, but “change” is not necessarily a bad word. 

What matters most is how we approach the inevitable transitions of life.  Do we embrace the new seasons as opportunities for new blessings, or do we go into denial and hope that when we open our eyes everything is still the same?

One day as I was in deep thought about how quickly I was adding new titles to my life, mother-in-law, stay-at-home wife, Jorge's secretary, quinquagenarian, dog owner...my precious Lord whispered to me, “Yenisita, this is what you have been praying for."

Every time I asked God to help my kids make wise choices in dating, it was for the high purpose of them eventually settling down and starting their own families.  As much as I love them, I would never want them to live at home forever.  

Working for Jorge means that God answered the desire of my heart to help him.

Growing older means that God has blessed me with health.

And Hershey Pie? God's answer for my requests to be joyful!

Think about it. When we pray, we are inviting change into our lives. The transitions and the adjustments, the changing seasons, and the brevity of life, these are all good things! God is God every step of the way,  and each new day – no matter where we are in life – brings blessings.  Let us pray for good changes and then embrace them.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Thank You that when we pray, we are inviting good change into our lives.  Thank You for remaining by our side as we live through the seasons, and help us be like the woman in Proverbs 31:25 who “smiles at the future.”  She smiles because she knows in Whom she trusts. Her eyes are fixed on You, and so are ours.  In Jesus’ name, AMEN!