Change

The only constant is change.

It comes in all forms and fashion;

Sometimes normal, often strange,

Sometimes denying our every passion.

It is experienced in the weather,

It is seen on every hand,

Sometimes it’s a real bother

Going against our earnest demand.

It interrupts our life’s journey

And disrupts our careful plans,

Sometimes leaving us lonely

As though by some mysterious command.

It turns up without a face

And operates as though by design,

Then disappears without a trace

Leaving a spot of the pages of time.

It functions like the wind,

From where it comes we cannot tell,

It changes smiles to grins

And many hopes dispels.

Though faithful in its regularity

It still takes us unawares

While unleashing its severity

It can reduce strong men to tears.

We often sit and deeply ponder

How to rid us of its control,

But time and again we’re left to wonder

Why we can’t achieve this goal.

As you muse, don’t get me wrong,

Not all change is undesirable

But to the vulnerable and the strong,

This form appears most unavoidable

Who worries about change that’s good?

Nobody in his right mind,

But change that’s often misunderstood

Causes distress every time.

Change is rather unpredictable

And what is often deemed a good forecast

Thought by prevailing trends most probable

Rarely or seldom come to pass.

Predicting life’s trend is not reliable,

Human psychology is not exact,

Psychologists deal with minds indescribable,

Change doing its own thing is a fact.

I will tell you what, though,

If you will only incline your ears,

What you plant you will sow

It’s been that down through the years.

So that while change is ever constant

Some things remain the same,

Almighty God is ever present

And over His creation He reigns.

He shares His glory with none other

Than His Son and Holy Spirit,

Don’t you dare begin to snigger, rather-

Let Him change your sinful habit.

 He’ll help you make the turn

And change you through and through

Once His love you do not spurn,

His change will create a new you.

So there’s change that constantly changes

And change as in being transformed,

There is the change that Christ arranges

That change is different from the norm.

It's a change from evil to good,

A change from darkness to light,

It regulates our should not and should

And keeps us on the path of right.

Then we are better able to cope with change

No matter its form or fashion,

Whether it’s the normal or the strange

Let Jesus direct your passion.

Stewart Russell © 2015