A liturgy for transitions in the staying.
Father, they say that change is the only constant. Maybe this saying is meant to provide me with comfort, yet I am not consoled. One more year ends, another season of life comes to a close, and more major shifts ensue. But because you, O Eternam One, are the same yesterday, today, and forever, I will not fret the transitions in life; I will proclaim that You alone are the only constant, and that knowledge carries much joy and assurance for the road ahead.
However, sometimes I am weak. I am not sure I can bear another move, a new team, a change in role. My self-defined search for permanence and stability always seems to escape. Another term ends, goodbyes are said, tears are shed, all while preparing for the newness to come.
I should always be joyous at the new ways you are using my skills and gifts to bless others, and thankful for the ways new people and circumstances are being used to form and shape me more into the image of your Son, but I admit that at times I am anxious about the unknown. I confess that this is one area of imitating your Son in which I am unlearned.
I look for a home on earth; he had no place to lay His head.
I lay out disturbance-free plans; he saw the opportunities in the interruptions.
I seek to keep my friends close; he blessed His friends to go and tell.
Teach me Your ways, O Master, for You are in the changes before me.
Thank you for delighting in using me, your servant, as you deem best. You are my Rock and the Overarching Constant that sustains me in the transitions. What joy it is to follow Your leading because that is where goodness awaits me!
You are good and You never change; You will be good in this next season.
You are kind and You never change; You will be kind to me in this next season.
You are faithful and You never change; You will be faithful to me in this next season.
I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I know You hold tomorrow.
Amen
Written by Michael
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