Bethany Lutheran Church

Change often involves releasing what was in order to embrace what God is doing now. Change is about moving forward with integrity and trust. Often we are not in control of change. We might initiate something or move forward but how everything unfolds is part of what makes change hard. We cannot control how others choose to embrace changes or evaluate what is changing but we do get to decide if we will face changes with integrity and trust in God. Whatever transitions we walk through we can take heart in knowing “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” Psalm 24:1Philippians 3:12–14 (ESV)Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.Mark 2:18–22 (ESV)Now John's disciples and the Phari