Change. but Good.
- Trinity Kennedy
- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min read
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
I naturally hate change, but I'm learning that when you follow Jesus you have to be okay with it. You have to be more than just okay actually, you have to get comfortable with it...often. Most of these changes aren't visible, they are the changes within yourself. The little (and big) things that Jesus changes about our hearts. Personally, I think the hardest part of all of it, yet the most intrinsically beautiful, is when you watch yourself completely shift. When you look back at who you use to be and how much the Lord has radically reshaped your heart, your desires, and your dreams. When he suddenly makes the most comfortable places for you (fear, anxiety, having control, etc) turn into the places you know you can't go back to and are actually much better off without. When the things you used to tether yourself to are now being slowly replaced with an irreplaceable and unexplainable dependency on Jesus. Because man....I'm so fragile and lacking without him.
When I was 18 and gave my life to Jesus for real, I thought I'd done all my changing and reshaping. However, what I'm learning is that the closer you get to Him, the more you will be absolutely desperate for Him to redeem every part of you every day. There is so much of me that still needs a rebranding, and here I am, two years later into a real walk with Him, and I feel like I've gotten to know a new and sweeter side of Jesus. As I've walked and seen the parts of myself that desperately needed a touch from Him, He has gently molded and shifted me. He has chosen me every single time, though I so do not deserve it. He has made me His own.
And my goodness sometimes this thing hurts, but I've never found such wholeness than in the moments where He has replaced the broken parts of me with more of Himself.
So if you made it to the end of this incredibly long ramble of His goodness: be reminded that He sees you where you are and this is just part of the rebranding. You're gonna look back and see the beauty. I promise. Let Him make you His own.
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