R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts

"Change is a pain." ~ Tom Peters in The Pursuit of WOW! - Every person's guide to Topsy-Turvy Times

Tom Peters is a business guru. I first heard of Tom Peters in my marketing endeavors. He writes books like The Passion for Excellence and Thriving on Chaos. These are business books, but they're also life books. His writing is straightforward, thought-provoking and motivating. His concept is that "Change is inevitable. Growth is optional." LIfe is change. And in Tom Peters opinion, we need change to grow and improve even though change is as he puts it .."a pain." He goes on to say, "Don't treat change with kid gloves. Don't assume that you can't handle it. Do realize change is as normal as breathing, and that we want lots of it." However, at the same time we want stability and constancy. In my opinion, embracing change is only possible by having a bed-rock something in our life that does not change. Will never change. Is changeless in its essence. The only being, idea, reality that fits that description is what I call God. If you are plugged in to the constancy of God, you can weather any kind of change that presents itself. People change. Circumstances change. We change. Our lives change. Divorce changes just about everything. Everything, that is, except God. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. In this world of total insecurity and instability, God is the only reality that can be our unchanging constant. That gives me unbelievable comfort and security. No matter how much everything else in my life turns upside-down, God remains faithful. God keeps his promises. Knowing that encourages me to face change with expectation and sometimes even excitement and enthusiasm. In the middle of divorce, change is often pain. But God's constancy promises that he can (and will if we let him) turn that pain into gain. Believe that truth.

" ...fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out! Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you." ~Romans 12:2 (The Message)