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An old man said this about himself: "I was a revolutionary when I was young, and my prayer to God was, 'Lord, give me the strength to change the world.' As I approached middle age and realized that my life was halfway gone without changing a single soul, I changed my prayer to, 'Lord, give me the grace to change all those who come into contact with me, especially my family and friends, and I shall be satisfied.' Now that I am an old man, and my days are numbered, I have begun to see how foolish I have been. Now my one prayer is this, 'Lord, give me the grace to change myself.' If I had prayed that right from the start, I would not have wasted my life."
We can waste years trying to change other people. But we can only really change one person - ourselves. In the end, that is probably enough.
 A thought from me: I thought this little writing was so powerful. How sad that most of go through our life trying to change others & things, and we forget to look at ourselves and begin the change there. I learned a long time ago, that it is not my responsibility to change others. That is up to the Lord and the Holy Spirit. All I can do is 'walk the walk' and be an influence for change in that way. Too many times we try to play the Holy Spirit. We must let the Lord change hearts, and wait on Him to do it in 'His' time. |
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