Change.

So, this is not necessarily a blog entry on hospitality or a recipe to share.

I have a bunch of friends going through various changes in their lives at the moment. Some of these changes life altering--health changes, family changes, gaining perspective, moving around town and abroad, caring for elderly parents and realizing they're getting older too, budget changes (like actually having one), trying to figure out how to best love their children, career changes, learning how to cope with the loss of a loved one and some who are ending hard habits to break.

Change just seems to be a topic at that moment we keep hearing about in the news with the elections, job losses, an unstable economy and health insurance woes.

One thing that doesn't change is God's love for us. I was helping my husband pick out the music for church last week and everytime I thought about this one verse, my friends kept coming to mind.

"For you are timeless and part of a puzzle.

You are winsome and young as a lad.

And there is no disease or no struggle,

that can pull you from God, Be Ye Glad."

and then the chorus

"Oh, Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad, Every debt that you ever had

Has been paid up in full by the grace of the Lord,

Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad, Be Ye Glad."

I love being referred to as timeless--you hear that term used when talking about great works of art or in fashion. And part of a puzzle, that is just so true! We may not always understand how we fit into the bigger scheme of things, but we are a part of something, we have a place in God's heart.....

So sweet friend, dear reader, ...I hope you know you can ask God for help, to walk through whatever the change may be. I think you'll find that He is good company.