The trouble with making big changes is that it seems that change becomes the answer to every problem we face. Don't like you marriage? Change it. Don't like your job? Change it. Don't like your church? Change it. The problem with change is that it does not change who you are. It only changes the surface or the externals. Real change has to happen on the inside. Getting saved did not just change my appearance. It changed my nature.
I have made some major changes in the past few years. I am tired of changes. I have done enough changing for a while. I decided that it is easier to make it work where you are than to change locations and start over. At some point you have to plant your feet, stand your ground, and say, enough changing.
Sometimes our song service drives me crazy. But it does not last forever. At some point the service will move on to more important things. Sometimes restaurant food is not what I expected. There are other restaurants to try. When people annoy me I take comfort in the fact that soon I will be home and alone and they will not be sitting in my living room continuing to annoy me.
I am grateful to be here. I am grateful for this church. I am grateful for friends, new and old. I am grateful that it is well with my soul.
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