I am not as I once was.
How very true that statement is. Although I took four full years of Latin, I can only remember a select number of words and phrases. While going through some old high school papers the other day I came across this phrase which was written across my notebook. This made me think about how much I have changed since those high school Latin classes.
While change is sometimes scary, it is vital to life. Without change, we cannot live. This is what we thrive on-the constant ever evolving way of life. I am faced with so many changes in the near future that it can seem very overwhelming. Today was my first last day of school, the first day of my final semester of college. While this is incredibly exciting it is also quite scary. What am I going to do after graduation? Will I be able to find my dream job? Are the best years of my life really over? Is the real world as harsh as everyone says it is? These are the questions that plague my thoughts.
Ultimately, the only thing that is really certain in this uncertain world is change. It's almost guaranteed that I won't be the same person in 1, 5, or 10 years from now. Life will change. Friends will change. Circumstance, finance, occupation, family, society, everything will eventually be different from the way it is now.
While I am not what I once was, I probably won't be this way much longer. What a depressing and yet thoroughly uplifting thought. How exciting to know that I still have so much more life to live, so much to experience, and so many more changes to undergo. Thank God for grace.
"As the clay is in the potter's hand, so you are in My hand."
-Jeremiah 18:6
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