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Ah June, the official start to summer! School is winding down and many families are making vacation plans. Summer offers many of us an opportunity to break out of the routine of life and spend time with family and friends. There are graduations and weddings during this time of year. These all remind us that change comes at us from every direction as the old saying goes, life comes at you fast. Perhaps you have heard another popular saying, “change is inevitable, growth is optional.” We can try to resist change but that won’t stop it from happening. It is how we respond to change that is important. June is also the month we celebrate Father’s Day. That is another reminder of the ever-changing life I lead. This year will mark another Father’s Day without my dad. Man do I miss him, talking with him, being able to tap into his wisdom, just to share another laugh with him would be a joy. In the midst of my sadness at his loss I hold on to the hope that one day I will see him again. Until that day I keep on trusting the Lord and dealing with the changes that are inevitable in life. How about you? What changes are you facing in your life today? Are those changes a source of anxiety or excitement? Whatever those changes are I encourage you to take comfort in the fact that the God we love and serve is a God who never changes. Often our understanding of who God is changes but God does not. A great passage of scripture that reminds us of this fact is Malachi 3:6, “I the Lord do not change.” James reminds us as well that, “every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17. That means that amid the changes that come our way there will always be one constant in our lives and that is God and his love for us. God has promised to love us and take care of us and give us strength to carry on when we don’t think we can take another step. Remember to always build your life on the solid rock, Jesus Christ.

Standing on the solid rock together, Pastor Jerry