YET REMAIN THE SAME

  "Gray hair is a crown of splendor, it is attained
   by a righteous life."

                                              PROVERB 16 : 31

At AGE 20 you worry about what others think of
you. At age 40 you really don't care what others
think about you, and at age 60 you discover that
they weren't actually thinking about you in the
first place! Some call it maturity; others call it
wisdom. But reality is accepting life it is, not as
you would like it to be what you think others
think it should be.

    There comes with age a perspective that you
cannot have any other way. But it is possible for
you to change yet still remain the same? A starting
 point is when you recognize that you don't really
know as much as you think you know. It is
accepting tha fact that others who view differently
may actually be right.

    You change but remain the same when you
become less judgmental of those who disgrace
with you. You change and remain the same when
you learn that you can't micromanage everyone
else, that everyone's problem is not necessarily
yours, and that you can't change everything in the
world. So you find out what it is that you are
supposed to do with your life and focus on that.

    You change and remain the same when you have
knowing knowledge  that the family of God may
actually be larger than you thought, that God may
indeed see fit to take some home to heaven whose
theology isn't completely an overlay of yours but
who are equally committed to the redemptive work
of Jesus Christ and the authority of the Bible.

    Changing yet remaining the same is the ongoing
 work of grace in our lives, me also,  as God
 polishes our rough spots and prepares us for
eternal life. Yes, change, yet remain the same.