Change

Do you feel the pace quickening? Midterms. Spring Break. Easter. Sunshine. Spring flowers. It is that time of year when things begin to change. The weather is changing. The trees are changing. The time is getting ready to change.


I always feel the surge this time of year. And as much as I love the warm weather and the push toward summer, it always catches me a little off guard. The change. It is like waking up from a good nap with someone handing you a to do list.


But God doesn't change. He is the same. Always. Yesterday. Today. He will be the same tomorrow. Do we forget that sometimes? We get caught up in the changes of life and frantically try to figure out what to do. Where to go. How to get there.


But Lent is about recognizing that God doesn't change. We do. As we remember what He did for us and acknowledge our need for Him, we again change a little. The chains begin to loosen. The awareness of our sin that separates us. The repentance of our part in that separation. The fasting from the things that widened that gap. It is not a time of self loathing or guilt but of relief. Relief that in the recognition of our need we see clearly that He never changed.


As we continue to walk through these days of Lent, remember that the story hasn't changed. The gift was given freely. And the One who never changes is offering us yet another chance to change more into His likeness. Newness. Freedom. Righteousness. We get the chance to change because He never does.

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." 

Hebrews 13:8