{"id":12364,"date":"2020-05-05T05:38:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T10:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12364"},"modified":"2020-05-05T05:38:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T10:38:34","slug":"what-is-your-motivation-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12364","title":{"rendered":"What is YOUR Motivation for Change?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


The Great Escape — so, I\u2019ve been in Austin with my family since last week. Talk about change \u2013 from my quiet, non-eventful life, to nearly non-stop activity with this crew. My quiet peace zone at home has certainly been interrupted, which is fine with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My second to the oldest grandson, Bear, asked for a date-night with me. Be still my heart. He drove to downtown Austin for a take-out meal fit for a queen. We enjoyed our \u201cdate\u201d out by the pool and commenced to go to the theater (rather, the theater room) to see an epic movie \u201cThe Two Popes\u201d. (Recommend it!) The attention to his planned night touched me so much. Then I loved spending time with his adorable girl friend when she came down on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The youngest grandson, Bryson, age 13, still wants to sleep with me. I hope that doesn\u2019t end any time soon. Sweet memories of chattering about this and that, praying together, and falling to sleep. And, yesterday taking a trip to nearby Reimer’s Park. He had told his Dad \u201cNana would be inspired with a blog if she were here.\u201d And, yes I was!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oldest grandson, Braden, and his precious wife, Ruth, spent three days with us. I loved catching up with their dreams, aspirations and hopes. Sweet Ruth worked many extra hours as a neonatal NICU nurse during the quarantine and right in the middle of it had to have an appendectomy. She\u2019s doing great, and she\u2019s oh, so precious! I love the love these grands have for each other, playing games and spending time together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Number #4 grandson, age 15, called on his mama and I to assist in two of his school projects. During this homeschooling, the students are doing virtual learning and reports or speeches that would usually be done in the classroom. This creative one, Brennan, had two presentations to give. His mom and I were his film crew. She was the camera-gal; I was the teleprompter supervisor. Oh, my, the hilarious times we had on Take 1, Take 2, Take 52, etc. And, oh, the precarious places were our locations! Thank goodness, this Nana has still got game!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for letting me bring you up-to-speed at the Wuerch’s Austin ranch. The greatest take-away from my get-away from isolation-days has been how much sweeter are the days than I ever hoped for before. Gratitude just gets stronger for those things that don\u2019t come as easy as they were before. There\u2019s something about realizing that what seemed to be the greatest upset in our personal lives, became a lot easier and faster to deal with than what we ever thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sincerely \u2013 changes needed to be made. God probably shakes His head as He thinks \u201cWhy do my kids get so caught up on so much that is just temporary?\u201d There is one guarantee in life: CHANGE will happen. Change is something we tend to fear and become anxious about because we feel out of control. But we have this blessed assurance. God NEVER changes. “I am the Lord, and I do not CHANGE.\u201d (Malachi 3:6). He walks with us in every season of life — no matter how easy or difficult. We can choose to accept CHANGE because God has a plan for our lives \u2013 to give us hope, a great future, and to prosper us. If we trust in God and allow the CHANGE to mature us in our faith and to grow us in becoming more like Him in how we respond and act, then we are promised that \u201cEverything will work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.\u201d (Romans 8:28)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God orders our days. He knows the seasons we are exiting from and He also knows those we are about to enter. It\u2019s a new day \u2013 yesterday is gone. Why don\u2019t we awaken to the assurance that He KNOWS ALL and if we\u2019ll board His ways, we\u2019ll travel higher, further and safer than we could ever imagine. I think I hear Him saying to us \u201cI\u2019ve got this so let go and let Me carry you through each CHANGE. Relax. Enjoy the ride. Trust Me!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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