25: Judeo-Christian Values In Today's Society
By Robert C. Moore

Change: It's Happens To All Of Us
September 2, 1999

Change is one of those things that happen to all of us. Lately, I've cataloging my CD catalog, right now at about 450. It has many different artists ranging from Metallica to Yanni. Although it is diverse I do enjoy listening to them, although not all on the same day. That would be too drastic.

Like you, if I look back on the music I enjoyed over the years, my taste seemed to fluctuate between one extreme to the next. I could be listening to county one minute and Gospel the next. I enjoy variety. Yet, I don't want to stuck in one peg.

I used to be like that. I mean for almost 2 years, all I wanted to listen to Metallica, especially after just going to their concert in 1992. I became obsessed to go out and purchase all of their CD's from Kill Them All up to The Black Album. Sure, I still enjoy listening to them on the radio from time to time, but I'm not as obsessed with them now.

How come people taste change? I feel that it's God way of telling us that the more things change, the more He remains constant. It is with that feeling, I know that what I enjoy now will change. My clothes will be out of style, my car will rot away, my hair will fall out, but God doesn't change.

In a way we change to become like Jesus. We try to maintain a sense that although our world looks like it's falling apart, God is in control. He was in control from the beginning and will be in the end.

It may seem that although our lives will change, we wish something's would never change. It's that moment when two people are in love and would really like to be together forever. Eventually, the love will deepen as the years go on, or it will fade when the newness has worn off. We would like to stay the same but can't. Change is something we learn from, adapt to and move on. We hope to make a better world that when we came in.

How many times have you've heard old folks say, "When I was your age…." We are told of how everything was more affordable back then. How people cared for one another, and that crime was nonexistent. We may look back and wonder why the news has gotten more depressing, the weather more severe each year, and feel a yearning for simpler days.

The fact is, change happens in big and small ways. The big ones are the easiest to see and hardest to adapt to. Whether it's a change in your job, having a baby, getting married, losing a loved one, we learn to adapt and change with it.

It is the minutes one that catch us off guard when we look back at it 5, 10 or 15 years from now. We look and wonder, "How did I not see that coming?" or "Man I can't believe that person has changed for the (good/bad)."

In a song titled Unanswered Prayers by Garth Brooks, he tells of a High School reunion meeting his old flame. He was deeply in love with her, and wanted to marry her, but didn't. As they talk, he realizes that life has changed and neither can't say much about the good ol' days. He realizes that God had a better plan for him.

Although we enjoy the moment, this too will pass. It is unfortunate that things have to change, but it will be a fact of life no matter what. We could try to make time stand still, but it is always moving forward. We change, we learn, we grow to become like God. For me that is what faith is all about.