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“Autumn is the season that teaches us that change can be beautiful.” – Heather A. Stillufsen
Change. A word that can spark many different emotions in our minds and hearts. It can be hard in a world that is ever-changing to find comfort, stability and peace. Yet, I am reminded of not only the challenges that change brings, but also the beauty of change.
Many of you who read my blog know some of my story and who I am. If you know me personally, you know that my life has changed drastically in the last year. In October of 2020, I graduated with my four year bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership through Arizona State University. In November, I married my best friend. In December, I moved from Texas to Alabama. In these three short months, I went from being in a Bluegrass Gospel family band with my parents and five younger brothers traveling all over the states, taking college classes, and helping with my brothers’ homeschooling to being married, keeping a house, working with the youth at my new church, and learning what it means to be both a homemaker and wife.
Needless to say, my life has changed. With that said, I am learning to recognize both the challenges and beauty of change. Change is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it can be incredibly wonderful and even life-giving. After all, if everything was always the same, where would be the growth and development we crave in our lives?
With all of that said, how should we be dealing with change in life? Where do we turn? What should be our focus? I would love to consider three thoughts regarding change, its role in our daily worlds, and how we can approach dealing with change in life.
1. The beauty of change
I know. Change can be hard. You know it, too. You have been watching your babies grow and enjoy one birthday after another. They are not quite so little anymore. Maybe your 5 year old does not say her words funny like she did when she was a toddler. Maybe, your oldest just turned 13! Now, he is a teenager and is looking forward to getting his driver’s license in only a few short years.
Not only are you watching your babies change, but you are well aware that your role as their mother is also changing. Maybe it is no longer your job to change their diapers or make their bed. Now, they need your emotional support. They need you to help them for their Pre-Algebra test on Friday. Your babies still need you immensely, but the way they need you is changing which can be hard, sometimes.
In these seasons, how should we be dealing with change in life, whether that change be in motherhood, homemaking, or homeschooling?
Lana Lang once said when speaking of change,
“Sometimes it’s painful. Sometimes it’s beautiful. But most of the time, it’s both.” (Linked here)
I have found that to be true.
When facing and dealing with change in life, first of all, remember to consider the beauty of change and changing seasons. Though your child may not be in the toddler stage anymore, remember how precious it is to watch her eyes light up when she reads her first word or how excited he got about the intricate Lego set he received for Christmas. There is beauty to be found every stage of life, we must simply be willing to look for it and recognize it.
2. The necessity of change
Truth is, change is necessary. It would not make sense for life to always stay the same. Your babies must grow up and become teenagers then adults. Elementary school should not last forever. Seasons come, and they go. We count down to the holidays, and they pass on along. Change is both necessary and important in our lives on a day to day basis.
Change is often what enables us to grow, reach our goals, develop, and mature. Change is what keeps things both exciting and new. Though we are often tempted to resent any form of change, it is what pushes us to new heights and important stages of life.
3. The One Who never changes.
I get it. Dealing with change in life can be both painful and hard. We will forever miss parts of the stages in life that we leave behind. Yet, in these changing seasons, as we seek to find beauty in the new world we find ourselves in and as we realize the necessity of change, it can also be an incredible comfort to turn to the One Who never changes. Our God is the same, “yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” (Heb. 13:8b). This truth can be stabilizing for our hearts through seasons and years of change. The God you trusted as a teen or as a new mom is the same God you serve today, and He is just as worthy of your faith and dependence today. Not only is He with us, but He goes before us, and He will not fail us, as we are told in Deuteronomy 31:8.
We may need God differently in our new seasons of life, but He is still the same!
Trust Him. Lean on His unfailing love and strength. Know that, though your world changes around you, He does not.
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In this post discussing dealing with change in life, we have considered how to find beauty in change, the necessity of change, and the importance of turning to our God Who never changes. I hope and pray that these words will bring comfort to your heart and that you will find peace in this ever-changing world.
How do you deal with change? Have you found a Bible verse or quote that has helped you with regards to change?
Please let me know in the comments below! I would love to hear from you 🙂
Until next time
