Changes....

“A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.  A time to embrace and a time to turn away.”  (Ecclesiastes 3:5 NLT)

Changes are happening all around us.  For some of us the changes are the weather – either very hot or a lot of rain.  For some of us it is changing jobs - maybe even requiring a move.   For some of us it means “leaving" (scattering?) and starting “new" (gathering?).  For some of us it is a good time to “embrace” and/or remember.  For some of us it is a good time to “turn away” or forget.

These verses from Ecclesiastes remind us of the changing times but that God has given us a time for everything. The wonderful thing is how God is with us through all the time, through all the changes, giving us PEACE.  Jesus has promised (and God keeps God’s promises) this “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”  (John 14:27)  

Yes, especially as Caregivers, we are all going through changes.  Yes, some of them are very difficult (and even a little scary) to go through.  What each of us needs to remember is Emmanuel.  God IS with us, holding us by the hand (Isaiah 41:10 & 13), but also giving us PEACE.  My prayer, for all of us, is for us to be FEELING God's PEACE.  Something to think about......