Change is a word laden with negative connotations for many of us. We often fear change, but change is a part of life. We find a new job or calling, we move to a new town or house, we experience sickness, we have children and they grow up and move out (or move back in). In life, nothing is static. Change is inevitable. Change is a sign of life. The Bible recognizes this, for it abounds with metaphors related to change and growth. When Jesus tells his disciples, “"I am the Vine, you are the branches,” (John 15:5), he is using a metaphor related to change. A vine is a living thing—it changes and grows or it dies. William Bridges wrote that it is not that people don’t like change; they just don’t like being changed. Perhaps that is where the anxiety comes. As a part of the environment in which we find ourselves, if things around us change then a healthy person finds a way to adjust and find stability. The alternat...
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