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Change is Hard, but Change is Good
I wanted to start off this week by making a special announcement. I want to say CONGRATULATIONS to my sister Celina and her fiancé Chris (CRS) Sanchez. They are getting married in September. I am truly happy for them and I pray that God blesses them and keeps them and does that work in them and through them.
Honestly, I’ve been kind of sad this last week or so. It seems like I’m losing my little sister. Gabe told me to think of it as “you’re gaining another brother.” I said, “OH GREAT!!!” I already have too many as it is. (jk Chris). I know that my sister is marrying a man of God, a man that knows how to get in touch with God and knows how to worship Him, a man that trusts and believes in the Word and Puts God First in all he does. I couldn’t ask for a better brother-in-law.
Last week I was kind of avoiding them, though. I’m pretty sure that both Celina and Chris noticed. Celina probably thought that I was mad at her. Plus, I probably said a few things I shouldn’t have. The truth is, I was just really sad. My sister and I have always been close. We’ve been together our whole lives. We went to the same college together. We moved to Houston together. So I started thinking how everything was going to change. No more getting home from work in the morning and yelling at her to get up and to turn off her alarm clock that rings and rings and then rings some more. That girl sure knows how to work the snooze button. No more yelling at my sister to clean up all her messes that she leaves around the house. And then now she’s going to leave me to live with Gabe all by myself. God help me!!! (jk Gabe)
It’s hard to let go sometimes. You get used to things being a certain way and then change comes and takes you out of your comfort zone. But you have to trust God that He knows what He’s doing. You have to trust that He has it all worked out in advance and that everything will work out in the end.
I was talking to a friend in the church (one that tells me to my face that she doesn’t read my columns much any more, so I guess I can talk bad about her, jk). She was telling me about how she doesn’t like change. Our Bible Study is moving to another location and I guess she was just used to going to our place.
Change can be scary. I remember when me and my sis first moved to Houston. I knew pretty much no one in Houston. I didn’t know my way around the city. It was just me and my sister in a whole new world (El Mundo to be exact). But if I wouldn’t have made that move, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I am blessed way beyond what I deserve. God has been so good to me. I have an awesome church. I have a good job. I have so many close friends. And I know that I am walking in the call that God has placed in my life.
Change is hard, but change is good. When God moves you, you have no choice but to follow. I’ve always lived by this philosophy, “Keep doing what you’re doing until God tells you to move on.” But that only works if you’re praying and seeking God and “Putting Him First” in all that you’re doing. My Pastor always says, “God loves you where you are at, but He loves you too much to keep you there.”
Gabe and I are getting ready to move to new apartments. Celina and Chris are getting ready to start a new life together. Our Bible Study has moved to a new location. Change is hard, but change is good. My reliance is on God and that’s all that really matters. My life is in His hands, and in His hands is the safest place you can be.
w/muchluv,
geno
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