Weathering Change—a 5-Day Plan to Seek Peace Amid Life’s Tough TransitionsSample

Change Is Hard

It’s no secret that change can be hard. We like our routines. We depend upon basic stability. And yet, we often face difficult, unexpected changes that we may not welcome. Nor can we often control them.

Brad Stulberg, author of Masters of Change, suggests that most adults go through one major, difficult change every 18-months, on average. He calls these “disorder events.” Take a moment and reflect on the last few years of your life. When have you faced a major change? How did you feel in the midst of it? In its aftermath?

Change is hard, yet it is a constant force in our lives. We change as we grow, as we age, as we move about in the world. Our relationships change—perhaps we just had a baby or are facing a newly empty nest. Maybe we lost a spouse to death or divorce. Perhaps a dear friend recently moved away.

Our world changes, too, as different seasons come and go, different disasters arrive, and different leaders rise to and fall from power.

Yet our God never changes. In a world filled with swirling, confusing, rapid-fire transitions, God remains. God is our comfort and companion, our shield and shelter, and the stable rock upon which we can build our lives.

After you read today’s Scripture, you may wish to take a few moments to tell God about the difficult changes you are facing. There is no change too small, no struggle too insignificant. God loves to draw near to us.