If you asked my wife to describe me, she would probably say something like this: “Larry is an easy-going guy who never gets upset or worries much about anything. But he is stubborn and resists change.”
Just this morning, she wanted me to dye my mustache and hair so that I might possibly look a few years younger. My answer: “NO! It ain’t me Babe!”
You see, I don’t like change. Period.
And I especially don’t like having my Christian doctrines blown apart so that I have to relearn them in light of new revelations from heaven. It’s like graduating from high school and being promoted backwards to first grade.
But this is where I have been journeying for the last fifteen years. Change. Change. Change. And more change.
Though I grit my teeth, bite my tongue and firmly plant my feet in the middle of the road, I always end up eventually replying to the Lord much like Mary did when she said, “Behold the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to Your word.” (Luke 1:38)
So, what’s your thoughts on change, especially spiritual changes? Do you embrace changes? Or are you like me?
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Larry Who 
When it comes to spiritual matters, I’m not sure I’d call it change. I see it more as growth…advancement…increasing in Truth.
As for other forms of change…I see some of it as good, some of it as bad, and some of it as unnecessary. The first is exciting, the next is threatening, and the last is frustrating. I only feel like embracing it if it’s good. But, that takes me right back to the spiritual aspects of change, because I have to rely on God to know which kind of change is which.
seriouswhimsey,
Graham Cooke states in his book, Permission Granted: “every change involves letting go of one thing to reach out for what is next. It is death by installments – the slow death of our mindsets, our attitudes, perceptions, and paradigms with apparently nothing obvious to take their place.”
My wife would say that I resist change, but also, she would add that if the Holy Spirit shows me something, I change instantly. Without even asking why, I will change.
But most of our changes in our spiritual journeys do not come because the Holy Spirit says something, it comes over time through impressions and glimpses, just a little bit at a time. And it is not always so black and white.
So, we change, hoping we’ve heard the Lord, while at the same time, we are crying out to Him for His grace and to see His face in the midst of the changes.