Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Blessings of Change

I have been following other blogs on the web lately. I recently found myself interested in what people have to say, I started to find joy and amusement of what people got to write about themselves. I guess reading people thoughts and writing gives me small side view of their lives, but importantly, it gives me a snap shots of who they are from the inside.
I recently came across this blog and read her post about change and made me wonder how our life goes by so fast and we don't stop to notice it.

I used to view change as most of us view it, uncomfortable, and such inconvenience. The reasons behind my thinking was that I had my own plans for my life and never thought of my creator plan for me. That post made me look back at my life and all of its seasons. How often it changes and how often it is pretty even in every season. But it was hard to see how pretty it is, because while I may living is one season, was dreaming of a different season which was the source behind an unease I felt but never noticed that I also made.
I guess, I had a misunderstanding of what my creator thought to plan for me. I thought comfort and he thought peace. I thought happiness and He thought Joy. I thought money and He thought contentment.

Now, I regret those moments, that I thought to seek what I want and not seek His desires of me. I regret wasting those times of my life, instead I could have been enjoying those moments of joy that my creator brought to my season no matter what season it is. I am learning to live the moment to its fullest no matter what season I am in, because the change isn't in my hand but it is in my creator's. Therefore, there is no more fears of the moment I am in, there is an open chest of what joy each moment may brings even the unexpected ones.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are right, when I face a change I try to have the attitude that it is what God wants for me and try not to think of what I want. It takes a lot of trusting in God. Thanks for the very nice post :)

emily freeman said...

Oh how familiar that struggle is for me! Longing for the next season while missing the one I'm currently in. A very relevant post. Thanks for linking up at Tuesdays Unwrapped today.

Crissie said...

How beautiful and profound!!!! I'm telling ya, blogs are so interesting! It's amazing to be able to learn so much from so many diverse people.

Thanks for sharing!

xoxoxox

Sarah Mae said...

I needed to read this. I am having such a hard time with motherhood right now...caring for two toddlers and a two month old. Some days I feel like I'm going to lose it...check out...go crazy...

I want to find the joy...