Newness of Life In the Winds of Change.

  Change is good but it doesn't always feel good. It is inevitable. Seasons change, and the wind blows through bringing light differences and sometimes noticeable ones that cause us to chart new courses or develop new strategies or learn patience or simply learn to trust.  God is sovereign, in complete control, and we can know that He does not change.  He is steady, immovable, awesome in power and a refuge for any who place their trust in Him.
  Winds of change can help us to develop patience, perseverance, and progress (transformation).
  As you walk in newness of life, and changes roll up the road to meet you head on, patience can be cultivated by thinking and reflecting on the hope of heaven that we have as children of God.  When we go to God's Word and study and know what He lets us know about our eternal home, patience has a much more comforting effect on us.
  The perseverance that can arrive as we deal with change is sprung from an attitude of gratitude.  I believe attitude is the difference maker in approaching change and especially difficult changes.
  Chuck Swindoll wrote, "Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitude toward life.  The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it."
  I am also amazed at how changes can help bring progress or transformation to our lives.  It requires us to make choices, do hard things that are best for us, and help us to remember that it is not all about me.  It is really about Jesus, and what He has done and sharing the good news of the gospel. And as we live with that eternal perspective instead of our natural temporal one, we can be transformed into being more and more like He wants us to - more like Jesus.
  "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." - Romans 12:1-2
  Take heart when changes blow in and walk in confidence as you lean on His understanding. Believe me, He knows best.
  A prayer:
Father, please help me to delight in what matters to You, so that when inevitable changes come, I will choose wisely and trust in You alone.