Let me tell you something from my own life. There was a time when I fought change with everything in me. Oh, I clung to the familiar like it was my lifeline — same routines, same people, same places. Even when those things no longer fed my spirit, I held on because at least it was known.

But life has a way of shaking things loose when you won’t let go.

One year — and I remember it clear as yesterday — everything around me changed at once. My job shifted. Friends I thought were forever drifted. The kids grew up and didn’t need me in the same ways anymore. Even my body felt different. I sat on the edge of my bed one night and whispered, “Lord… why is everything moving?” And the answer came softly: “Because you are too.”

Whew. Baby, that hit me deep.

The truth was, I wasn’t being pushed out — I was being pulled forward.

But change don’t feel like progress when you’re in the middle of it. It feels like loss. Like confusion. Like being stretched. God was elevating me, but I was grieving the comfort I had outgrown. I had to learn to release the old version of me so the new one could breathe.

I remember walking around my house one morning after another big shift happened — the last straw, it felt like. I stood in the kitchen holding my coffee, staring out the window, and this wave of peace washed over me. It felt like God was saying, “You’re not being uprooted… you’re being replanted.”

And that changed everything.

I stopped resisting the changes and started asking, “What is this teaching me? What is this preparing me for?” And baby, once I started flowing with the change instead of fighting it, I found strength I didn’t know I had. Confidence I didn’t know was waiting for me. Opportunities I never would’ve seen if I stayed stuck where I was.

So now, when life starts shifting, I take a deep breath and remind myself: change isn’t the enemy — it’s the invitation.

This week, ask yourself:
• What change am I afraid to face?
• What old version of me am I still holding onto?
• What might be waiting for me on the other side of this shift?

Write your answers with honesty. That’s where healing begins.

Family, we are in a season where everything is moving — technology, culture, expectations, even relationships. But remember this: you don’t have to fear change when you trust the One guiding it. We’re growing together, shifting together, rising together — and every change is shaping you for something greater.

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My love, may you learn to welcome change the way flowers welcome the spring. May you trust what you don’t yet understand and stand tall through every shift life brings. When the ground beneath you feels unsteady, remember — you are being moved into your next season. So breathe, baby. Embrace it. You were made for transformation.