It's Time...

IT'S TIME! Those two words can start up a hurricane within your body. They can be put into pretty much any situation. It's time...the baby is coming. It's time...we are going to be late. It's time...to talk. It's time...to say goodbye. It's time...to let go and let God. And my personal favorite...it's time...for change.

Change...what a word. The dictionary says it is to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. Everyone I know has wanted to change something. Whether it was themselves or someone they knew. All through out our lives we go through change. Some of it good. Some of it bad.

My definition for change? Well...my definition...is a little different. My definition is more of a description than a definition, actually. :) Change is what we all go through to make us who we are. I believe there are two types of change. Not just "good" and "bad"...but more like "you" and "God".

We all know the good ol' Robert Frost poem...The Road Not Taken...
"TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." 20

Well...what if the two roads were labeled "God" (one less traveled" and "You?"

The point I am trying to make is that for the past five years I have taken the road labeled "You". And to be honest...it has gotten me no where. Every now and then I would peep through a tree and look over to the other path. I would then walk through a crowded forest to get to the other side and begin to walk on the road labeled "God". When that got too hard I would run as fast as my legs would carry me to get back to my comfort zone. Well...I say all this to say four simple and complex words...it's time for change. So here I go...I am starting over. I have walked back to the place where it all began. I am at the very beginning of the two roads. I will take a deep breath. Grab a strong hold on my Bible...and start walking. I ask you to please pray for me...pray that when the trees start to bustle...and the birds start to make scary noises...and it starts to get dark...that I just keep walking...if any of you need someone to walk with you down your road. Hit me up. It would be nice to have a friend. Even if none of you are in my position...God is with me...holding my hand...whispering in my ear..."you can do it. Hold tight. You are almost there. You are doing great. Don't give up. I love you..."