Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
I’m sitting on the couch in my bedroom in a window looking at a rain soaked ground and the little droplets ready to fall from the electrical wiring suspended through the air. It’s November 3rd and up until now it has felt a little bit like mid September. But, according to the weather sources, we are about to get hit with a cold front and this rain that I’m seeing right now is just the beginning of that. There is some change coming. People are on all different points of the spectrum on liking or disliking the cold weather. I don’t mind it personally. That’s when I can wear sweaters and all my fun fall clothes. There is one thing that most people agree on, and that’s the havoc that weather change wreaks on your immune system. Drug stores are about to see that bump in the numbers that they plan for every year around this time. Runny noses and sore throats will take over the area for a little while as people get adjusted to the fall and winter seasons. As someone who didn’t really experience allergies until after I turned 30, I am NOT a fan of this change. As a vocalist, it does a number on my ability to do my job for a couple of weeks. Fortunately, I have a forgiving church family (that or they realize that I can’t sing anyway and it doesn’t sound much different, but that’s just speculation…).
Why does change (in any form) cause so much friction? People always talk about making a smooth transition, but has that every truly happened? There’s always something that causes people strife when it comes to things changing. The one thing that is probably my FAVORITE thing to experience is whenever our beloved Facebook makes a change to their website. I think there’s only been one change that has been remotely interesting in the sense that I don’t know if I was a huge fan. But even in that, it took like 42.18 seconds to get used to it and then I was back to updating my status and living a life of procrastination. But it never fails that for 3 or 4 days after people get so bent out of shape that they proclaim that they will NEVER use Facebook again and that this change is the WORST. Then they get over it and they are fine. I can’t wait to see what people say about this upcoming change. It’s going to be glorious.
When it comes to the world of music, change is constant. Things are always changing there to the point that I think that’s the only thing that’s constant. People are always getting bent out of shape when it comes to the music in our churches. I just got through reading a post this morning about how men are complaining about worship music being too feminine. That is a whole other issue that I won’t jump into right now, but it seems that people are always trying to make things, whether it’s music or seasons or television, fit into a box. None of it ever really has and people have been upset with the changing ever since. The MOST ironic thing about all of this? The one person that has promised to never change and has help up his end of the bargain is the one thing that everyone seems to run from. Why? Because then the biggest changes would have to happen. That’s the change that takes the control out of our own hands and gives it to someone else. Does it matter that He’s much better at controlling things? Evidently not, because if it did we’d see more people accepting the fact that God is who He says He is. It’s a simple verse, but it’s mind blowing to think that one person could be the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). What would happen to the way you think and live if you TRULY believed that?
Eventually ( like tomorrow maybe) I’ll stop explaining this, but I’m trying to write every day in the month of November and share things that I’m thankful for in the process. So on day 3 I’m thankful for having a strong foundation laid for me by my parents. They are quite amazing people and they are totally to blame for the person I am today.
