Change isn't always helpful!

   Part of moving to a new community is the beginning of new relationships with doctors, dentists, and the like... I've never had a problem with that and adapt pretty well.  However, my "new" doctor here in Odessa decided that my (moderately) high blood sugar would benefit from a change in my blood pressure medication.  The medication that I had been on for over 10 years was a combination medication in that it helped control my blood pressure, but also kept my heart rate steady. 

   Sunday after church I felt my heart begin to race and didn't feel well.  Even after a good lunch and a restful afternoon, my heart rate was still somewhat elevated, but I didn't bounce back like I generally have done the few times that it has happened. After a good night's sleep and a check of my blood pressure and blood sugar which were both acceptable, I still didn't feel well.

   A visit to my doctor resulted in him realizing that I probably needed to remain on something to help steady the heart rate, so he put me back on the same medication that he had taken me off several weeks earlier! I'm glad he did!  I think I will begin to feel better soon!

   How does this episode relate to Church and Ministry?  Glad you asked!  I'm "old school" enough to realize that change just to change isn't always a good idea. I also realize that you must consider how the change will effect everything else before you implement it. It is also important to be willing to reverse the decision to change if the change isn't effective.

   I've always been of the mind that methods of communicating God's love must always be changing, while our message never changes! Some things must always change, but the essential truths of God's Love and God's Word are never to be changed!