....change....

O.K., I haven't posted lately. My day job as a real estate appraiser has reared its ugly head. My appraisal software was changed and would no longer run on our dated computers. We have 7 computers at the office, some of which ran on Win98 which is no longer supported in our appraisal software. So, new computers, new software, days of downloading, and working out bugs....yuch... Which brings me to my point. Often, I don't like change.

Change can bring anxiety, unknowns, risk.... Yet, when we work thru change, we often find things better than before. God is continually taking us on journeys of change. We are constantly being poured from vessel to vessel. I have been reflecting back to the traumas of our transition out of institutional Christianity into the freedom of simplicity. Gone are the budget. Gone are the problems of maintaining a building. Gone are the politics of leadership. Gone are the days of having to prod people to keep programs going. Gone are the days of fellow believers sitting in rows watching and not participating. It is all just a faint memory. As Suzy & I prayed together last night, we reflected back, thanking God for the change (and freedom) He has brought to our lives!

I am thankful for the changes that I often resist. I am thankful God doesn't leave us in a stagnant place. Like Moab in Jer. 48:11 we are often undisturbed on our “lees”. Thank you Lord for disturbing our ways of life and pouring us from vessel to vessel!

Mickey Mooney