As I sit here this morning, I can't help but laugh at my old dog, Gordon. I wish I could get a picture of him. The last two days he's been so funny. At age 13, he has never walked on anything in our home except for carpet and linoleum. I have replaced the old with something new. We now have Bamboo floors, and tile in the kitchen and baths. Gordon is quite confused. He hates walking on the new floors.
The past two mornings, he has woke up and stood in the doorway of the bedroom, looking down the hallway and crying. I am not sure if he wants me to come back to bed in the bedroom so he can continue sleeping, (which is tempting) or if he wants me to carry him down the hall so he doesn't have to walk on the floors. Either way, it's not going to happen. He's a 60 lb dog. Nope I'm not carrying him. He has to walk. He is so resistant to this new change. But it's here, and he will learn how to manage it.
Sudden change. Don't we all resist it a little bit? For me, like Gordon, I start out crying. Then, wanting to hold on to the past, I reluctantly begin to figure things out. Before long, I am easing myself into the newness of the change. Eventually, I am walking and enjoying the walk. Soon it's my new normal. I begin move on with life, hardly remembering there ever was a change.
This morning as I watched Gordon reluctantly take steps on this new surface, God reminded me of a Scripture that I have leaned on often throughout my life.
Isaiah 43:18-19 (say it with me y'all) "Do not call to mind former things, or ponder on things of the past. Behold, I will do something new. Now it will spring forth. Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert."
Just as Gordon dreams of having carpet to walk on again, he will eventually forget the carpet and the new flooring will become his new normal. And whatever change God is bringing into our lives will become our new normal. It may take a while. But eventually, we will embrace the new adventure He is taking us on. If we open ourselves up to the change and don't keep wishing for the former things, we will learn to love the newness He brings.
Trust Him in the midst of what may seem like chaos and confusion. He is doing something new. And if He is doing it, it will become a beautiful part of our lives.
Much love everyone! Thank you so much for reading.
Kim
