https://things-above.blog/tags/devotional/ Recent content in Devotional on Things above Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-au Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://things-above.blog/posts/-why-god-doesnt-change/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1000 https://things-above.blog/posts/-why-god-doesnt-change/ <p><img alt="a simple illustration of &hellip; how do you do a simple illustration of God? I just did a large yellow circle on a purple background" loading="lazy" src="https://things-above.blog/images/god-does-not-change.webp"></p> <h2 id="why-do-we-change">Why do we change?</h2> <p>Do you ever think about why you&rsquo;re not the same person you were ten years ago. Not whether you&rsquo;ve changed, you obviously have. But, why. (Insert Ryan Reynolds meme)</p> <p>You&rsquo;ve aged, for a start. Your body has done things you didn&rsquo;t authorise. You&rsquo;ve learned things, picked up skills, been handed experience you didn&rsquo;t ask for. You&rsquo;ve been moulded by events that you had no control over: a job that ended, a friendship that soured, a diagnosis, a birth. You&rsquo;ve seen enough of the world to see it differently. And if you&rsquo;er a Christian you&rsquo;re also being sanctified, changed by the Holy Spirit into something more and more like Jesus.</p>