This past weekend, June 21 & 22, 2008, Pastor Bill Purvis gave another great message! This one was titled “The Grace to Change.” In this message, he reminded us that God wants to give us the Grace to Change but the willingness to do so has to come from us. In order to GROW we have to be willing to CHANGE and in order to change we have to be willing to LEARN. I was also reviewing one of Pastor Bill’s Leadership Lessons that I have on CD. Again, Pastor Bill expresses the need for us to learn, change & grow in order to make progress in life.
Do you want your family life to improve, have a closer relationship with your spouse, have a better career, be a stronger leader, and be a greater influence? Then you are the one who has to change. Nothing in your life will change or improve until you are willing to do so. Like Pastor Bill says, just start with small steps. Get a book and read a paragraph a day. Buy a CD and listen to it while you are in your car. Do this on any subject area where you want to make changes. Soon you will find that you want to learn more and grow more each day.
We should never stop learning, changing and growing. In order to be a better wife, mother, leader and friend, I am making it my goal to learn something new everyday. How about you? What are you willing to do to make the changes in your life? God wants to give you the Grace to make the Change, but we have to be the ones who want it & go after it!
Becky McChesney, Preschool Director
Cascade's Columbus Church Weblog 
The Creator said that men and women are fearfully and wonderfully made, in His image I might add. Our potential is truly out of this world. The mind of a young child is like a sponge, soaking up all kinds of new stuff. That stuff that is soaked up shapes his or her life. In much the same way, we are able to shape or reshape our lives. We get out of our lives what we put in. As adults, we are able to determine what goes in not only our minds, but our children’s minds. What are we listening to? What are we reading? What are we watching? Who are we talking with? The choice is ours – we get out of life what we put in.
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