There are many people who want to change. They want a new start and a new future. While no one can go back and start over, we can start creating a better future today. C. S. Lewis is noted as saying, “You cannot go back and have a new beginning, but you can start today and have a new ending.”
Change begins with you. It starts in the heart, nurtured by faith and guided by God’s word. For us to change, we must realize the change that can take place in our life. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (ESV)
We must remember that change begins with us. It is through following God’s word we change and see true transformation in our lives. (see Romans 12.1-2)
Consider these words as found on a tomb dated A.D. 1100 of an Anglican Bishop at Westminster Abbey:
When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,
I dreamed of changing the world.
As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change,
so I shortened my sights somewhat and decided to change only my country.
But it, too, seemed immovable.
As I grew into my twilight years, in one last desperate attempt,
I settled for changing only my family, those closest to me, but alas,
they would have none of it.
And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize:
If I had only changed myself first, then by example I would have changed my family.
From their inspiration and encouragement,
I would have been able to better my country and,
who knows, I may have changed the world.
Just some thoughts,
