Changes and Stability

LORD, I remember Rick used to say that the only thing that never changes about life is that it changes.

I never thought this life I have now would be this changed.

As a widow instead of a wife.

With kids and grandkids grown – living their own lives more apart from me, than with me. 

Life happens.

A thousand excuses and more reasons.

Hurt feelings.

Offended spirits.

Lashing tongues that spew words that bite and stab.

People come and go in our lives.

Jobs change.

Homes change too – or at least have for me.

A LOT these 9 years as a widow.

Dreams become like sand flowing through my fingers.

Hopes are deferred and the heart is sick all over again.

And again.

And again.

Changes.

Seems the older I get, the more changes there are, and the less I like them.

The harder they become to adapt to.

Thank YOU, GOD, for this one Truth – YOU never change.

YOU are the SAME – yesterday, today and forever.

Not just the Beginning and the End – but the SAME all in-between!

Ever since Rick died I have searched for stability.

Looked to family and to friends.

Looked even to a few strangers along the way.

Looked for it in a vehicle, a place to call home, a job.

And in all my looking and searching – I have come up with wasted time, spent energies, lost money.

Lately though, I have been looking for stability in YOU . . . and finding it.

Thank YOU GOD . . .

: Revelation 22:13 – I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.  

• Thank YOU GOD!!!!!

: Hebrews 13:8 – Jesus Christ is the Same yesterday and today and forever.

• What a Comfort and a Joy!!!!! How precious is this Promise to me these days.

: John 16:33 – I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have Peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart, I have overcome the world.

• LORD, when I am afraid, I trust in YOU. Psalm 56:3