Transition
I experienced a transition moment earlier this month. Since my children are between the ages of 8 and 18, these moments are more frequent but this one stands out in my mind as one of the first.
One recent Saturday, my wife spent 24 hours at the hospital from 3 am Saturday morning until 3 am Sunday morning helping her sister give birth to healthy baby boy, while I stayed home and held down the fort.
In the middle of that day, my mother called and said that she wanted the 3 boys to come over and plant Arborvitae in her back yard. All I had to do was give my car keys to our 18 year old licensed driver and send them off to Granny’s house. My daughter and I walked over to Granny’s later that day.
I enjoyed that transition moment and they will continue to come fast and furious whether I am ready or not.
The bible talks about two transition moments. One is voluntary, the second transition will happen very quickly..
Paul tells us in 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 to make a transition in our thinking about other people, as he did with Christ.
"And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
The second transition is detailed in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 and the encouragement is in verse 58 of the same chapter.
"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed."
" Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
We can enjoy our transitions by understanding that we are called to grow and change and that the final transition will the best transition.
Lord, give me the wisdom to understand, and the courage to act in your Name.
One recent Saturday, my wife spent 24 hours at the hospital from 3 am Saturday morning until 3 am Sunday morning helping her sister give birth to healthy baby boy, while I stayed home and held down the fort.
In the middle of that day, my mother called and said that she wanted the 3 boys to come over and plant Arborvitae in her back yard. All I had to do was give my car keys to our 18 year old licensed driver and send them off to Granny’s house. My daughter and I walked over to Granny’s later that day.
I enjoyed that transition moment and they will continue to come fast and furious whether I am ready or not.
The bible talks about two transition moments. One is voluntary, the second transition will happen very quickly..
Paul tells us in 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 to make a transition in our thinking about other people, as he did with Christ.
"And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
The second transition is detailed in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 and the encouragement is in verse 58 of the same chapter.
"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed."
" Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
We can enjoy our transitions by understanding that we are called to grow and change and that the final transition will the best transition.
Lord, give me the wisdom to understand, and the courage to act in your Name.
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