"Changed" -Too

"They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:" (Psalms 102:26)
As many of us should know by now, this thing we call being a Christian is not all about no worries, no suffering, and no hard times; this life is the same as everyone else, and even sometimes more filled with trials than those who hate God. But, the big difference is that we have something that is greater than this life to look forward to. Besides that, we have a power available to us, the likes of which the world knows nothing about; we have the Spirit of the Living God within us! I don't think that we forget what we have, we just fail to many times to let Him guide our lives the way that we should. If we are going to count it all joy, then we need to be prepared for the trials that will come our way; not that we live in fear of them, but we fear them not; they must be dealt with ahead of time, as if we have made up our minds, "I will not be afraid!" Maybe it was easier to do that back then, when I first got saved. I seemed so carefree and bold, almost as if I could withstand anything and everything that the world could throw at me. It is a lot like the children of Israel being delivered from Egypt; God could take them out of Egypt, but could not take Egypt out of them. I think it is going to be okay. We really do not need to worry that we have some issues with living the perfect life, because we are not perfect people; not yet, but we will be, soon enough! Instead, we just need to be the best that we can possibly be; knowing that it is the Holy Spirit who lives within us that makes us what we ought to be. Maybe it matters more than we think to mark our victories; to establish some sort of mark or symbol to remind us of the victories that God has given us along the journey. We sure don't have any problem remembering the defeats, they seem to haunt us forever; but the victories are all short lived, and seem to pass as easy as a passing day. That is one of the lessons I see with the children of Israel in the wilderness; they constantly forgot about God's great power to deliver them, and completely recalled all of the trials and hardships. Their favorite answer to every situation, was, "Were there not enough graves in Egypt!" Maybe they weren't meant to be buried in Egypt...
"Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames. But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God's righteousness. And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight." (2 Peter 3:11-14) NLT