Letting go of the past to allow for the new is never easy. We see the world that we grew up in being torn apart and grasp for the familiar. The thing is, the new may be something so much better than we ever could have expected.
Consider this; children who are reaching adulthood today never experienced 9/11. They never experienced a world without school shootings. They've been raised with anti-bullying campaigns and can recognize that behavior even in their own parents when we are unaware of it ourselves. They know what global warming is and the things we can do to lessen its impact.
These are the newlyweds, the parents to be. There are very few things in life that bring into focus what kind of world we want to live in than impending parenthood.
As a person of some age, I knew how to navigate the world that I spent my lifetime in. It doesn't seem to exist anymore but I believe something better is coming. We are going to survive these growing pains.
You and I might have opposing views of what this new world will or should look like. Doesn't matter, we'll both probably be proven wrong. If we trust that God is in charge, neither of us has reason to fear the change.
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