Change

People hate change.

or so I hear.

Yet the change we generally resist 

is the kind that we think,

will make our situation

worse rather than better.

We eagerly change jobs

when it meas higher pay and more influence.

We happily move to a bigger house

in a better neightbourhood.

So,

it's not change in general that we hate;

it's change that involves loss

--- sometimes physical;

other times emotional or psychological.

Change is both inevitable and necessary.

 If everything stays the same,

no one is growing.

Yet we have a 

Shepherd

who guides us through change

and leads us to a better place.

Getting there may be difficult,

as it was for the Isrealites in reaching the Promised Land.

They grumbled when their situation got worse rather than better.

(Exodus 15:24/ Numbers 14:2)

Yet, we have the example of Jesus.

In less than a week, He went from being the leader of many

to being abandoned by all.

Between the Palm Sunday and Good Friday,

the Good Shepherd became the Passover Lamb.

Because Christ willingly went through suffering,

God elevated Him to the highest place!

(John10:11/ Phil.2:8-9)

Not all change is pleasant;

but when we are being led to a better place

by Someone who loves us,

we don't need to fear it.

-- DailyBread

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I know not, but God knows:

Oh, blessed rest from fear!

All my unfolding days

to Him are plain and clear.

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I am the good shepherd,

and I know my sheep.

John 10:14 

Ciao! 

God bless you!