Life Changes

By

Pastor B.J. Knefley

Life, in case you haven’t noticed is in constant flux. Every breath we take gets us that much closer to our last. I know we don’t want to think about it, but it’s true simply because it’s life. You would think that we’d be more mindful of how we spend today knowing that it might be our last today.

One of my granddaughters recently learned that she was expecting their second child. It wasn’t planned or even considered as a possibility. One was enough, or so she thought. The question of whether it was going to be a boy or girl became a hotly discussed topic. Her son wanted a brother, but it seems that there were other plans. When it came time to reveal the gender, it was quickly found to be that of a girl. Although I’m excited for her, I know that it will be an adjustment for her and her family. Such is life.

Even I and my wife are facing life changes. For the past year I have been serving as an Intentional Interim Pastor at a church in my area. It has been a great ministry over this past year, full of life challenges and struggles. Excitingly, they have called a new pastor who is expected to take over the first part of 2025. My life will change as I will settle into new routines, some of what will mean traveling to different parts of the country and visiting family and friends who I haven’t seen in a while. I will get up in the morning without a place to go, another new experience., Life changes for all of us.

Some fear the changes of life. Although many of these changes we can’t control, we will always have the power of how we respond to these changes of life. It is always about our view of life and our responses. Too often we don’t respond but rather we react. React with fear, worry, anxiety and other such emotions that will only cripple us from learning and growing through the experience. Personally, because I see my life as having a purpose, I will even understand the changes of life as having a part in that greater purpose. Doing so gives me hope in the moment. Think about it.