Children's Moment: Transformation Is Not Always Easy!

Guess what happened yesterday???  It is REALLY exciting!!!  I mean, I just can’t explain how exciting it is!!! Anyone want to take a guess???

Mr. Ladd bought me a new mattress and pillows!!!!  I know, I know you are thinking “what is so exciting about that?” right?  Well, our old mattress had become pretty old and didn’t provide support anymore. Each morning had become like a chore trying to get out all the kinks in my back and neck before I could even walk.  Not fun!

As excited as I am, I also realized this was not going to be fun to have a new mattress at first.  You know why?  Mr. Ladd does not like change.  Actually, he despises change.  All day yesterday he talked about how he wasn’t going to be able to sleep well on the new mattress.  He knew change would be tough for him.  And it was.  All night last night he tossed and turned and snuffed and snorted and didn’t sleep well.  He will eventually get used to our new mattress and sleep will come again.

Thinking of our new mattress and Mr. Ladd, it made me think about being a Christian.  When we become a Christian and accept God into our hearts, it doesn’t mean that a button is automatically switched onto “good person” mode.  It often means that things we have been used to doing for a long time have to change.  Perhaps we have always gossiped about others, made fun of people, or lied to our parents to stay out of trouble.  God doesn’t want us to do that, He wants us to change our ways.  Changing is not always easy though, it sometimes feels uncomfortable.  Just know that making one right choice after another becomes easier and easier over time.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

So, the next time you are trying to decide between right and wrong and it feels a bit “uncomfortable”, remember Mr. Ladd and his old bed.  You may toss and turn but eventually all those good and right choices will become easier and easier and all the “old ways” will be forgotten.