Change

We all know the famous quote “be the change you wish to see” by Ghandi.  Some may be more familiar with the song “a change is going to come” by Sam Cooke. I actually like the version of that song R&B singer Brandy is singing in her bathroom, look it up on you tube. The definition of change is to make different to cause a transformation. Every time the New Year rolls around we all make that resolution about what we are going to change. CHANGE! CHANGE! CHANGE!

I am a Lakers fan. When they lose I always feel there is something they need to change, but my last name is not Jackson nor Buss. When my San Francisco forty-niners just simply weren’t making the cut, Jed York decided he needed to change the coaching staff. He fired Mike Singletary (poor little Singletary). York wasn’t afraid of change, why because it was affecting his finances. Does it have to be something drastic enough for us to do what we need to do?

 A lot of people are afraid of change but why? Are they afraid that life itself would never be the same again or just simply afraid of the unknown. I am going to go with the unknown theory. We are raised to know better, don’t touch the oven because it’s hot, but we get a little closer to truly test the temperature. Were told not to play in traffic or run into the streets but I know we’ve found ourselves trying to see if we can cross the street just a little faster than that hybrid that is coming at us. As adolescents we easily can follow the unknown out of curiosity. Does that make us as adults a little more cautious? Is our caution hindering us from spiritual and personal growth?  Can we be honest enough to even admit that is the case?

For those of us who have personal conversations with God (if you don’t I strongly advise that you do) and we ask him to enlarge our territory. Yet we don’t do what we need to do within ourselves to even be able to receive such said blessing. How can we be afraid to change what needs to be changed for God? I will not believe that the reason for that is because we are cautious with him….I will just NOT believe that, that is a whole separate topic in itself (“cautious with God” let me write that down)

Are you afraid of change? Why do we feel we need to change anything? How did we get to the point that something has to be changed? What did we forget to do or not to do?

Take a moment and actually answer the questions I have asked. You can either share your answers or silently reflect on them.  Like I stated in a previous post what we go through is just not for ourselves. Your reflections may just be what someone else has been needing, it’s important to share and that too may help you change what you need to.

Be BLESSED