“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8
As I write, the exact hour my youngest daughter was born thirteen years ago is approaching. I wonder how time has flown by so fast, even though some seasons seem to creep by so slowly. Change is a funny thing. We anticipate, dread, embrace, and avoid it. Personally, I have mixed feelings about change. I anticipate these milestone celebrations. The sweet blue-eyed beauty who completed our family is officially a teenager. Without her tiny stomping feet and little begging voice, my husband might never have caved to adding our sweet golden-doodle puppy to our entourage. God knows exactly what He’s doing when He places us in our pockets of time. I dread the change from our long summer days at the water park to shuttling back and forth to activities and responsibilities. I embrace all the changes God is working out in her big heart and kind spirit and look forward to her conquering every dream she sets her mind to. She’s determined and boundless. But I want to avoid the change which will ultimately force me to let her leave my constant presence and move into the world as God wills her.
When I became a mom, I anticipated a lot of change. But the most amazing shift was the change in my faith. Nothing compared to the way my heart felt compelled to honor God by the way I raised my girls. Forced to my knees in prayer, I became more reliant on Him than ever before. Truly, motherhood taught me how powerless I am and how powerful prayer is. Trusting God became as important as sleep, water, and food. My time with Him grew as my babies matured. He’s still adding notes and bars to the tune of our lives, and I am thrilled we’ve danced to His feet together and they on their own. In a world constantly changing, God does not.
The hardest season of change my family has endured began with my oldest daughter’s diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes. The last couple of years has been filled with big emotions and immersed in change. She had to swap the way she’d lived in her body for thirteen years for a completely new way of life. As my youngest daughter turns over the same milestone age today, I can’t help but notice how the last two years have matured them both rapidly. Thirteen and fifteen. As everything has shifted, we have learned to hold onto Hebrews 13:8:
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
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