Time For Change

This spring, I've thought a lot about what happens in with the seasons. (Not here in Arizona, I understand we only have one season...) In other parts of the world, there are 4 distinct seasons. We have summer, where the sun shines and we are surronded by green beauty and flowers. It's a season for celebration and joy. We have fall. Here is where things begin to die. It gets colder. We get rain and the leaves change and there is beauty in that. Then comes winter. Cold, dreary, and still, there is something so beautiful about the first snowstorm. Everything dies and changes.

But then comes spring. I love spring. The trees begin growing leaves again, beautiful flowers start to come forth, and we see the change that has come in the last year. We see the growth begin and it is a beautiful thing.

We all have seasons in our life and sometimes we judge others off of where we think they should be, not where they are. Often times we forget that people can change and that changes are more common than not. People change. I'm living proof. I've seen so many changes come over me in the last almost 14 months in particular. If you are a regualr reader, you may have noticed a change in the appearance of this blog. Well, I decided it was time for a change in general, so I took it to this aspect of my life as well.

What's my message?

For those of you who think others can't change, maybe it's you who needs to. You obviously do not understand the atonement of Jesus Christ. You do not understand the sacrifice He made to make it possible to change. He didn't just do it so you can change, but so EVERYONE can change.

For those of you desiring to change, there is hope. Never EVER let anyone tell you that you will enver change. You want to make a change in your life? If you rely on the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ and do everything you can, it will happen. Stop wishing you can change and DO IT. It is possible with Him on your side.

I know this to be true. You just need to experiment on it for yourself. You can change. You can have the faith in others that they can change. You just have to start, first, by gaining a understanding of who Christ is and what He has done for you and for every single one of God's children (Which is all of us). 

Is it time for a change in your life? I know it is in mine. So I'm going to make it happen.Start the new season of your life. Do you have the faith that it can happen? 

I love you all!

Love,

Sister Mackenzie Esmond