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By Dean Kelly

I had the privilege of sitting in a casual setting with three outstanding Gospel preachers. We all have known each other in various ways throughout the years. We reminisced about preachers we had heard through the years. We talked about teachers we either had or knew well. It was such an enjoyable evening.

But one thing struck me. The four of us have seen so many things change over our lives as preachers. The cities we know have changed. The congregations of the Lord’s church that we have known and been a part of have changed. The world around us has changed.

Some of our wives commented on cell phones and wondered how we found our way around before GPS. Life changes, people change, change seems to be everywhere. I’m not that big a fan of change, really, but that does not stop it from coming.

In all the changes that the years bring, like watching your first grandson graduate from high school, like driving down the road and talking about what used to be there, like looking in the mirror: with all of that we need something that will never change that stays the same.

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17). Time changes. The world changes. Men change. Health changes. Families change. We have a God who never changes. He is always steady and true.

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). In the changing world we can hold onto an unchanging Savior.

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away” (Matthew 24:35). As much as men have tried to change the words of Jesus, the New Testament records, they still stand and will never change. They will judge us on the judgement day (John 12:48).

In the winds of change in your life; in the storms that try to blow you away; in the fading light of life’s horizon – hold onto the cross. You will find an anchor there.

Dean Kelly is minister at Highland Home Church of Christ.