In years to come Israel will tell his children about this. He will bring them here. He will even have them stop here whenever they are near. Because he wants to remember this period of dramatic change. The fact is that change is unavoidable.
Growth causes change.
Unfulfilled expectations cause change. Our fears may begin early in life, when our concepts about life are being shaped. We create idealistic expectations based on fantasies of what we think our lives should be like. Often, as we grow up, the ideal expectations that we have so carefully constructed clash with the cold realities of our limits and our circumstances, and we are sadly disillusioned. While change can unsettle us and create uncertainty and fear, it can also provide occasion for personal development as we rise to its challenges.