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I hate change!

We all hate changes that we don't instigate.  I am a HUGE fan of changes that I decide to make.  Sometimes I wonder why everyone else isn't.  I sometimes even think that I am just the kind of person who loves change.  Then someone changes something and I hate it.  It makes me mad.  I doubt why that person should even be able to make that sort of change.  "How dare that restaurant decide to change their menu!  I eat here at least twice a year.  Why didn't they consult me?" I think we all hate change.  Change is really hard.  We get comfortable when we know what's happening.  We like the rhythms that we live in.  We don't enjoy people messing it up. Unless we believe that the change that is made will lead to a greater place. I had lunch with an 80 year old guy that has been a part of our church for as long as I've been alive (36 years).  You could say that he has a heart of gold but the look of a curmudgeon.  He is a very giving person and yet