Things Change...

One of my favorite movies recently has been Varsity Blues. If you haven't seen it, it's about a high school football player who goes from the bench to the starting lineup because of his best friend's injury. On the way home from the hospital, his best friend's girlfriend hits on him. "But you're Lance's girlfriend." She replies with a classic line; my favorite because it is so very true, "Thangs change, Mox..."

I have a hard time accepting change, but I am trying to overcome that. Recently, I had to make one of the biggest changes of my life; I left my home church. I know that sounds ridiculous, but if you knew me, you would know that my church was one of the things that most defined me. I worked with the children there in many capacities, I was baptized there, I have more memories than I can count. And I cried last Sunday when I left; I cried for leaving the kids, I cried about leaving my friends, and I cried about leaving my past.

But today I have learned that change is not always bad. Not only will the change in churches mean a lot to my husband, but it has meant a lot to me. My sister and niece and nephew are coming with us and I have time to truly commune with God for a change, which is really nice. It's a much more close-knit community than was my larger church. And for what is most likely the first time in my life, I am not running from change, but EMBRACING it...

Go, me!