Have you gone through some change lately? I would be surprised if you haven’t. All of America is experiencing a good deal of change lately, and many would say that quite a bit of it is not all that pleasant. I certainly know I’ve been caught up in some of this unpleasant change – I’m so very grateful for my family that have helped me bare this change with as much grace as possible.

So the change is unpleasant? Hallelujah I say! You don’t really think that unpleasant change is a bad thing do you? Do you think the bud easily splits itself open to bloom into that perfect rose? I’d like to see you take a rose bud and turn it into that perfect bloom. I’d say it’s pretty hard to do, if not down right impossible. You don’t think the caterpillar enjoys transforming inside that little cocoon for weeks, only to emerge as something completely and totally different than it was before it went into the cocoon! How would you like to wake up tomorrow with wings? OK, I know some of you would think that would be pretty cool… me too, but you get my point.

We all go through transformations like our friend the caterpillar. It’s up to us to make sure that we get through it, and to help in that process we have to understand that it’s not always easy. Sometimes you have to wrap yourself up so tight that you feel like you could hardly breathe... hang by a string for weeks… all the while trusting in yourself and in God that this change is for the best.

Then come out soaring!

Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard