Changes
Recently, I've asked the Lord Jesus to clean me up, to pierce my soul in order to expose the motives in my heart. He has graciously answered that prayer and I'm truly thankful. But, in a day when the cry of the nation is for change, I find that God is at work doing just that in those He loves. And it hurts.
The Lord is not sadistic and abusive toward us; He wants to bless our lives with much more than we ask for or even think we need. But I forget that good medicine sometimes hurts and/or tastes bad. More often than not, I don't believe that I'm really that sick. But I am. And I need to be healed from my malevolent and infirm condition; I need to change and to be changed.
For the Christian who seeks to follow Jesus, CHANGE is spelled, T-H-E C-R-O-S-S.
It's absolutely necessary.
