This particular blog has been on my mind for awhile but I feel like I have just now grasped what I want to talk about. I know for a fact that this relates to everyone. It is in our human nature to get comfortable where we are and resist change. Little do we know that when we resist change, we are essentially resisting the hand of God working in and through our lives...
To say the least, many changes have happened in my life through the past couple of months. I normally don't talk about personal things in my blog but I feel as if I need to for everyone to fully grasp this topic. In April a tornado hit Tuscaloosa and I see the destruction each day as I look from one of the few windows in my apartment without a board over it, I am currently living by myself for the first time in my life, in the fall I will have completely different coaches, and I will also have different roommates. My life is going through a season of change and I resisted that change for a long time. Little did I know that as I was resisting all of the changes in my life and not embracing them like I should, I was resisting the work of God in my life. God brings about change in our lives to keep us from growing comfortable. He wants to stretch us and use us but He will never give us more than we can handle. When you stop resisting change and stop resisting the power of God in your life, you realize that it is one of the sweetest feelings you will ever have of complete intimacy with our Father in heaven.
I titled this blog the new "normal" for a very specific reason. There are a lot of things in our daily lives that we really don't notice anymore. All of those things can be considered our "normal". It is only when change happens that we notice that our normalcy has been disrupted. We don't know how to act when change happens and we inevitably resist at first only to later realize that the change we once resisted has become our new "normal". For example, the night of the tornado I was getting out of my Jeep to see if I could possibly get in to my apartment complex. As soon as I opened my door, a huge gust of wind came . My hand was still on the handle so the handle on the inside of my door snapped. Over the next few days and weeks before I got it fixed, I figured out a system to maneuver the handle in such a way that I could open it. I finally got my handle fixed last week and when I went to open my door for the first time, I started to do my little maneuvering act only to realize that I could open it like a normal person. My broken handle had become my new "normal" and I hadn't even realized it until it changed again.
Change happens and you can handle it. Whatever is happening in your life right now is for a greater plan and purpose. You learn to adapt to the change much like I did with my Jeep handle. You adapt and overcome. Don't resist the hand of God in your life. You will only find unhappiness until you finally submit to your Heavenly Father. Embrace change. Submit to God. When you do those two things, you will find that it is easier to keep moving forward...
"I can do ALL things through Him who give me strength." Philippians 4:13
Kelsey J.
