It was a
pleasant evening , and I chose to be at the beach... I was enjoying the cool
and gentle breeze on the west coast. The sun had finished its routine for the
day and was setting, another few minutes and it would go back to its resting
place. They say it shines very bright once again just before it disappears into
the horizon…The sky was reflecting the beautiful colors of the rays of the sun,
I was amazed at the different shapes of the clouds. To me each resembled the shape of some real
life object or the other…some were like animals , some like ships while others
like trees and so on…and all of a sudden one thing struck me – these were
changing their shapes constantly though slowly !
The clouds
were slowly moving and in course their shapes were changing. Once that which
was a beautiful bird turned into some unrecognizable abstract structure, while
still others resembled other objects, which weren’t as beautiful as the
previous shapes.
Disappointment
crept in, for a moment’s time I was rejoicing at the beauty of these cute
clouds against the colorful sunset and the gentle ocean below reflecting it,
but soon things so drastically changed, the clouds disintegrated, the sun was
dimming down and the tides grew stronger causing the once gentle waves to roar…
Aren’t things
in our life sometimes so similar to this…situations change, maybe for good or
maybe for bad. Relationships that once gave us hope and love, may have now come
to the brink of breaking up or maybe it isn’t there at all anymore! People whom
we trusted changed like the shadows and moved on in life, leaving us behind. Or
is it something dear that you held on to and it has let you down…
The world
around us is a rapidly changing one. Nothing in it remains the same. And people
of this world are like chameleons. They adapt to situations and change their
stance to suit their comfort. Friends- they come and go. They are here today
and there tomorrow and might very well not be there at all the day after.
On the
contrary, there are things in life which we so desperately want to be changed
and lo - they just don’t seem to! You try everything you can, you run, scream,
fight, stand upside down, and yet they remain the same…Phew !!! Can we survive
in a world like this? Is there any hope for us in situations like these ? a
depressing job...a broken relationship...a deteriorating lifestyle…a crumbling
financial base…emotional turmoil…a betrayed soul ???
In an ever
changing world there is one who is never changing !
He is the
same yesterday today and forever. Heaven and earth may pass away but His words
will remain! He is not man to lie nor the son of man to change His mind. His
promises never fail. In Him there is strength for today and hope for tomorrow.
If you are
tossed to and fro by this ever changing world, hold on to the never changing
one – Jesus, the unchanging!
Azariah Jerry
Manuel
