6 months later...

Today we were talking about foresight and hindsight during a bible study, how different things appear when you're planning, living, and reflecting. And it got me thinking - when I look back and reflect on my current life, what will I think?

I moved a couple months ago, at the beginning of September. New town, new people, new place, new church, new role... old me? Sometimes this is what we want, but the truth is we never stay exactly the same, and while sometimes that might sound scary actually it's a really good thing.

I'm sometimes afraid of change. Of needing to start from scratch, of 'opening up' yet again, of putting in the extra effort it takes to establish good relationships - and then keep them, of not having the time with all of the new things to keep up those relationships from the 'old', of being made into something different from what you are - or have been.

But mostly, when I get past all of the surface things, the little worries and the insecurities we pile on ourselves, I'm excited about change. If we didn't change, if we stayed exactly the same - always, we'd be a bit like robots, and we'd be stuck. Change means a potential - to grow, to learn, to truly experience.

When I have hindsight of this part of my life - I'm sure there are things which I'll say 'I shouldn't have done that', or 'that was a real blessing', or 'why didn't i see/do that sooner' - I think I will see it as a time of change. What I hope is that it's all change in the right direction, in the right way.

Looking forward to myself looking back gives me a different perspective on my life now, and makes me want to change some things for the better - which just yesterday I didn't notice as clearly because I was only focusing on the day to day. I wonder, if you do the same thing, how will you see your own life?

Much Love


For Christians the concept or idea of change should be really exciting, because without it life isn't possible - not the way we know it to be anyway. The way we know God is by the Holy Spirit living within us, who is also working within us - changing us to be more and more like Him. Change here is a good thing - taking us away from every evil thing, both in the physical and spiritual world, and within us, and bringing us towards God, our eternal Father. And on that last day when Christ returns there will be another change as each of us is transformed from our current lowly and temporary state to our eternal one.