Romans 12:2-5
"Don't change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking"
Change is like the season. Always different the next day.
Change is hard. Period. Change for yourself, but not for others or the world. It is hard not to change for the world when there are new trends or styles out there for us to try.
I remember changing my style and outfits to match what I thought my personality should be and not what was comfortable for me. I wore boots and jeans every single day because I wanted to be the hick chick. I was not athletic or girly. But I wore shorts with boots. I wore things that weren’t the most comfortable but things that I thought people would like me in.
I changed for others and not for myself. I wasn’t being myself that I preached that I was. I always said I was myself and I wouldn’t change for anyone else. Well, I was a liar. I look back and I seem so ridiculous. I wanted to be impressive, look important, and be liked.
It wasn’t until I met my husband that I knew that I changed for others. Randy made me want to be myself. He accepted me for who I am, weirdness and all. Dr. Seuss says “We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” This is how I know that Randy loves me. We are both so weird.
It is said that it takes time to change and to heal. I’ve been healing for three years and I know I have changed. I have been made to change and adapted to all the changes that have been made in my life.
If you think that you have gone too far away from God, He is right there behind you, waiting for you to turn around. He has His arms wide open. He will change you to be made in His image. He is the only way and only one you should change for. He is the way, the truth, and the life. There is a lot of evil in this world. Don’t conform to the world’s ways. The world can like you one minute and then the next they can turn on you and hate you.
What I am trying to say is don’t change yourself to impress others, but to impress yourself. You are the only one that matters in your lifetime. No matter what you do or dress like, others are going to like you or not. Stand out and be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself” -Andy Warhol
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