Schools out for summer

Even though it has been 25 years I remember vividly the feeling of the last day of school.  The excitement and anticipation of what the summer would hold.  

Everything from sleeping late, playing in the creek, going to the pool, water gun fights, family vacation, to staying outside late to catch lightning bugs.  Hanging out with our neighborhood friends and trying to not get into trouble, or at least not get caught.

I love summer.  I am a shorts and tshirt kind of person. 

It seems as we grow older we lose the excitement we had when we where younger.

I loved summer as a kid because it was a change, it was something different.  You do the routine of school for 9 months and it gets monotonous, quite frankly it gets old.

Change is not always bad.  Change could and should be welcomed.  Change stops the monotony.

19 See, I am doing a new thing!
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland. (Isaiah 43:19, NIV)

When someone mentions the word "change" in church we tense up, we get worried, we may even get angry. 

God is doing a new thing.  He is making a way.  

We should look at a new thing, a new way as exciting.  We should see it as a child sees their summer break.  As a time of refreshment, as a time of rejuvenation, and as a time to experience something new. 

Resist change and make yourself miserable, as well as others or welcome change and watch God do His amazing work.

Don't fear change but enjoy it.

Don't fight change but embrace it.

don't challenge change but accept it.

Don't question change but answer it.

Don't ignore change but acknowledge it.

Enjoy summer break and enjoy a new thing!

Chris