What Will 2021 Look Like Because of 2020? - Stephen's Response to Ben

Change is inevitable as Ben’s proposal goes. 

In some ways I disagree because Walmart will never have enough checkout lines open this side of eternity. On the other hand, if change is inevitable I will not only suggest that Walmart read Ben’s post for the aforementioned reason but I will also participate in the inevitability by changing Ben’s subtitle to “I hate you 2020, but at least you taught me about change,” to better fit my more conservative preference of language.

On a more serious note, this topic, unlike many we will be discussing, holds very little cause for debate because Ben is correct that for all of us who embody this human flesh change will come! Therefore, it is only fitting and right that Ben points us to the God who never changes. As the old hymn writer once wrote encouraging us to enjoy this life, “Row, row, row your boats gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” Truly one can only continue rowing in this ever-changing life if they have a foundation that is never-changing. 

A house needs a foundation—a rock on which the house can stand. And as an even better hymn writer put it, “Great is Thy Faithfulness, O God, my Father, there is no shadow of turning with Thee.” That’s a foundation we can all stand upon and a truth we should all take to heart maybe now more than ever.