August 21, 2026 – Daily Devotional
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” -Ecclesiastes 3:1
Death Becomes Her is a dark comedy, first released as a movie in 1992. The movie featured Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, and Bruce Willis. This all-star cast brought to life a story about two women who struggle with aging and fading beauty. After receiving a potion that restores their beauty and vitality, the comedy begins. These two women go through tremendous emotional struggles with one another and themselves. This movie is a comedic journey from vanity, pride, and arrogance to selflessness and love for others. They realize that life changes, but there is a way to a better life, regardless of their circumstances.
In 2024, Julia Mattison, Noel Carey, and Marco Pennette brought Death Becomes Her to the stage. Now a musical, Death Becomes Her tells the story of Madeline and Helen, two self-absorbed women, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. This Tony Award-winning show is now touring across the country.
The cast of Death Becomes Her are not the only ones who struggle with the changes life brings. Change is inevitable. The movie and the musical Death Becomes Her are a comedic take on everyone’s struggle. We resist the seasons changing. Some want to hold on to their youth and beauty; others fear what is coming around the corner, and still others just don’t like change. It’s understandable. We like what we know
The writer of the book of wisdom called Ecclesiastes wrote long ago, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” It is an honest acknowledgment that the things of this world are temporary. Beauty, youth, health, and our current circumstances are all momentary. Some moments last longer than others, but momentary, nonetheless. We can resist, but that is futile.
It’s important that we understand that change is a constant of life. It is also equally necessary to realize, as a people of faith, that we move from day to day with hope. We do not have to fear tomorrow, because God has promised us that we will not face life alone. In fact, God often uses moments of transition to bless others through us. Just take a moment to think about some of the great heroes of our faith. Many accomplished great things despite advanced age, health struggles, and even great loss. Moses was an older man, married and living in the wilderness, when God called him to return to Egypt. God used Moses to deliver the people, and for another 40 years he served and led them. David was young and scrawny. No one would have chosen him as a warrior and king, but God did. Paul first appears in the scriptures as someone who persecuted the church; God would use him as the apostle to the Gentiles.
We live in a world full of change. We only have to look in a mirror to see how we have changed from year to year. Life is made up of many seasons, but none are permanent. However, each season arrives with the possibility that God will use us to bless others, not because of who we are, but because through us, God and God’s love can change the world for the better.
-Rev. Keith King, Pastor of Worship
