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Change: A Vital Part of Christian Living
Reasons why Christians need to accept change as a part of their faith journey and learn from it.
When I look back on my long (too long!) life, it has been full of changes. There have been several career changes, marriage, motherhood, and health challenges such as breast cancer. I grew up in a dysfunctional family and experienced emotional and physical abuse at home and among my peers. I dealt with low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and other fallout from a toxic past. To overcome these things, I had to make a lot of changes along the way.
Why we Hate Change
As human beings, we naturally resist change. We may want to do the right thing and follow Christian principles, but sometimes hit a roadblock (Romans 7:21–23) when we try. Our human nature wants everything to stay the same and be comfortable. Life gets into a groove that is predictable. The problem is that life does not work that way.
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
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