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Change

Christmas might be very different this year. Maybe it’s your first year as a married couple or with a little one. Or maybe you have no choice but to alter your traditions because the one who used to put up the lights or bake the chocolate chip cookies is no longer there. Maybe you live somewhere new, away from family and friends.

Transition, even for the good, can leave us feeling unsure and unanchored. Sometimes we don’t know where to start, or which way to go. In Psalm 119, God’s Word is described as a lamp to our feet. In moving forward, we can expect only our next few steps to be lit. Why at our feet? Why not on a series of poles to light up the road for several miles? Why not literally have it lit up like a Christmas tree? Wouldn’t that be better? Safer? So we can see where we’re going?

Yet relying on God’s guidance every step of the way helps build our faith and trust in him. Once we believe Christ is who he says he is, and accept him into our hearts, we step onto this path. If we let him, he will help us form new habits and traditions, and renew our purpose. He may not change the circumstances as we’d like, but we will never walk alone. Although Christ is changing us, we can rely on him to be the same yesterday and today and forever.

REFLECT

Take time to pinpoint what is keeping you from moving forward.

RESPOND

What do you want to change in your life? What steps of faith have you taken?

Consider setting a reminder for yourself every day to use prayer and God’s Word to help you through times of transition.