I don’t understand people who tell me they don’t like change. Change has been constant in my life. How about you? Anything change lately?

I realized that change was going to be one of the continuous things in life pretty early on in this journey so I decided I was going to learn to like it. I adopted a perspective that change is good. Maybe not all good, but there would be parts of it that I was going to like.

When things changed, I also realized that I usually got rid of some of my least favorite things in my past situation. Nice!

I remember reading Isaiah 42:10 about 12 years ago when I was facing a big change. ” Sing to the LORD a new song,” God spoke to me, telling me he was giving me a new song to sing through this upcoming transition. My daughter had just announced her engagement so my family was changing – again. After their wedding, she and her new husband were moving to Sydney, Australia for a job opportunity.

So my new song was filled with gratefulness to God for her happiness, asking for blessings on their marriage and requesting help in growing my trust in His care for her as she moved so far way.

Then, before the wedding, my daughter was diagnosed with cancer and my new song to God was full of concern and questions along with words of confidence that He is always in control and nothing is impossible for him.

Since then, God has given me many ‘new songs’ as the seasons of my life have changed.

Seven years ago, my son, David Glasser, who was a Phoenix Police Officer, was killed in the line of duty. My new song was full of grief and pain. But God helped me find hope in the journey and he has given the pain a purpose. A new song filled with a deeper understanding of God and his love and his truth has come out of the worst nightmare a parent can experience.

Just over 3 years ago, my husband and I moved out of Arizona to Denver. God gave me a new song filled with gratitude for being able to live close to my daughter and her family, praises to God for the beauty of the mountains and thankfulness for new friends.

Last year my husband was rushed to the hospital in the ambulance and the staff in the emergency room saved his life. My new song was filled with praise for God’s faithfulness and requests for strength as the next 6 months were a whirlwind of doctor’s visits and more procedures.

Most recently, God told me to write a book and he guided me through this new experience, stretching me and giving me the opportunity to tell the story He had given me. “Then I Looked Up: Losing a Child, Finding His Legacy of Love” was published on Amazon this last February and has been a blessing to my life. So glad I did it.

As my life continues to change, I can count on my Father God to be there, giving me new songs.