Change Is Not Always Easy
For the past few days, I have been struggling to try and change my internet and phone service to another company. Silly me. I thought the process would be simple: I would just contact the company, outline my needs, and everything would be completed in a day or two. It would have been easier just leaving it as it was, but when it comes to saving…I know a better deal when I see it! But the hardest part was going into all my accounts and changing my contact info from the old to the new. With all the fraud that is going on a special code is issued for everything and of course every company sent the authorization code to my old phone number via text! I still cannot get into a couple of my accounts without making a call to the company! Change is not always easy.
The more I mature and look back on my life I see how far I have come. And when I look in the mirror sometimes, I do not even recognize the person staring back at me. I have changed going from one season to the next and the years have been kind to me.
I try to hold onto the idea that the best is still yet to come. It helps me to not be a “used tah” saint. I do not hold on so tightly to the past that I lament what is behind me without looking forward to what is in front of me with joy. I refuse to be stuck in a place in time as it can eventually become a stronghold. And yet I love old movies and antiques and hearing the old folks talk about how it was for them when they were growing up. Oh, wait…I am one of them now, but it is simply hard to grasp that anyone who knows me would consider me as elderly. I am wiser, seasoned, and advanced in years. I am an elder but not elderly! Well, what is the difference? This is my take on it. An elder is a respected older person who has authority. An elder is a stabilizer, an advisor, full of wisdom, able to give wise counsel, moral support, and mentorship. I almost never hear the term elderly until I am in a medical setting, and the focus there is on age, frailty, and vulnerability. The focus is on providing care and recognizing the importance of receiving care. My granddaughter scolded my husband and me the other day as there were items in our attic that I needed and we, together, were able to go up there and get them. We sustained no injuries, thank God and we did not have to wait to get on any one’s schedule. We are older but not elderly. At least today we are not!
Change is inevitable. When change leads to improvement, it deserves our respect rather than our apprehension. However, I would like to raise a question for clarification. Have we become a society that is so focused on the outside that we forget that it is the inside that matters most? Scripture indicates that there are appropriate times and seasons for every purpose. I have lived long enough to know that to absolutely be the truth. Yes, change is not always easy. But as sure as the sun rises and sets, change is going to come for us all. How are you dealing with change?
