Embracing Change

There is an old saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." but that's not true, dogs can learn new tricks at any age and are eager to do so.
People fight against change rather than embrace it, just like the flesh fights against the spirit, even though the spirit is stronger and has more peace.
The world is changing almost daily and people just refuse to give up old traditions, they want to argue and disagree on old things and they do.  They can't stand for things to be different and they fight against new things.
Change is good where I come from and from where I stand today.  My life had to change or I was going to die and all change was good.  I live by the philosophy that change can and will be good, because God loves me and has great plans for me.
From the moment white people set foot on  American soil there has been theft and murder and slavery and war.  We stole America from the Indians, we stole Africa from the black people and now people are all up in the air because the government is stealing their southern heritage and turning it into a symbol of racism.  Why are we any different than anyone else who has been mistreated by this country?
The winds of change are blowing and people still won't stick together, they still squabble over the slightest things.  They still disagree on scripture and lifestyle and everything under the sun.
The enemy is buried deep in our country and his job is to steal, kill and destroy, divide and conquer and he's doing a really good job of it from what I see.  I never like to give him credit but looking at the big picture of America and all the things going on in it, that's what I see.
We are supposed to be united, to stand together, to stand up for each other and still there is the back and forth.
Now everyone seems so surprised they've taken down the confederate flag.
All change is not good, but ranting and raving about things that cannot be changed makes people look insane and they don't really even care about the things that can be changed, that are good changes.
The same thing goes on in the church.  The church refuses to give up old traditions and the law and move into grace and love.
It's the same all the way around, the difference is embracing the change, either way.
I've got more important things to do with my life than argue, rant and rave, worry myself over things I can't change, when there are so many lives to save, so many people who still need to know Jesus loves them.