Normally, I’m the kind of person who embraces change. I look at the Romans 12:1, 2 as a biblical mandate of sorts, endorsing healthy change for our spiritual journey. But I must confess that there is a transition (or change) going on in my life right now that I am struggling with big-time.

After 29 years of kids in my home, last week, for the first time, I went home from work to an empty and very quiet environment…and I wasn’t at all happy about that. It’s all a matter of perspective, I guess. I was talking to a friend of mine who said she’d give anything to have just one day of peace and quiet WITHOUT kids around!! I thought a little and remembered those days. But, even though kids come back, the thought lingered, “it will never be the same around here…”

How do you deal with unwanted change? We can help one another with encouragement and sensitivity as we cope with a new reality. For example, I just sent off an email to a fellow member of the “City Mentoring Team” in Germany. I offered the three empty bedrooms (my new reality) in our home for use by young couples planting churches there who could use some mentoring and a break from ministry…. Maybe this won’t work out, but I know there are new opportunities on the other side of even unwanted transitions…just gotta keep prayin’ and lookin’ for ‘em!! So…do tell, what transitions are you going through?? How can we help each other?

Pastor Ric