Well, to be honest, it’s really just now setting in that this thing is real. I’m actually going on the World Race and it’s so crazy…
It makes me think a lot about how much things will change in the next 16 months. I mean, I’m going to be living in 11 different countries with different cultures and different types of people. I think the only accurate assumption that I can make is that things will always be changing.
I realize that I love adventure; but change, on the other hand, scares me a little bit. Ever since I was little my life has involved a lot of changes. I moved frequently as a child. I was born in Lubbock, then moved to Austin, then to Spring, and then another house in Spring, all before going off to college in good ol’ Nac-A-Nowhere (where I had to move my stuff 6 times in 3 semesters, but that’s another story). And it seemed that with every geographical change, other aspects of my life changed as well. That is all very natural. Life happens, and we just go with it.
However, I don’t think it’s easy. I have never had to say an easy goodbye. I have never had a dry eye as I moved from one home to another. However, I recently had an epiphany that change is not only normal but it’s good.
It is in the midst of change that we must seek the unchangeable.
People, despite the inevitable change that we go though, are looking for something permanent. We tend to think that instead of change we should seek stagnancy and comfort. But comfort is not a good thing. Comfort gives us the illusion that we can do everything on our own. And at the end of the day we may be comfortable, but in our soul we are truly miserable.
Maybe in the times of chaos, confusion, and change it’s not comfort we should be seeking, but we should seek a comforter.
And it would seem natural to me that the only comforter one should seek in the mist of change would be the only one who does not change.
Therefore, it doesn’t matter where we go, who we are with, or how much things are changing. All that matters is that we are following God. Seeking His comfort, His peace, and His face.
Home is wherever He is.
If we cling to that which does not change I think we would be surprised how easy it is to not only accept change, but possibly even welcome it. It’s scary to be comfortable. I speak from experience. Shoot… I’m talking about my life right now. God does not call us to live lives of comfort and complacency, but he urges us to drop everything and follow him.
I’m so freakin’ scared when I think about what the race is going to be like, but maybe that’s just where he wants me. He wants me in a place where I don't know what to do without him – where I need him the most, and where I want him the most.
He wants to be wanted. He wants to comfort us. He wants us to let Him.
