"But you’ll stay the same, year after year; you’ll never fade, you’ll never wear out."
~Hebrews 1:12b (MSG)~
How encouraging are those words? No matter the circumstances, no matter how long from now, or how long ago...He is the same. His character is the same.
"For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob."
~Malachi 3:6~
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
~Hebrews 13:8~
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."
~James 1:17~
"You'll never fade, you'll never wear out."
That means there is no end to Him...AND...we can never wear Him out...despite all our attempts to test His love and His faithfulness, whether intentional or not, He will still be here and He'll still be the same...with the same love for us, the same gift of salvation, and extending grace and mercy beyond anything we can comprehend. It blows my mind to look back at my life and see how God has pursued me relentlessly, day after day, year after year, regardless of what I was doing, the lifestyle I was living...it didn't make a difference. No matter how much I change...no matter how far I've fallen, He's exactly the same...just reaching out His hand to me, wiping my tears away, and extending His unconditional grace and love and saying, "I love you, I will never let you go...let's start again. The cross is this way." No judgment, no running tally of my mistakes or condemnation...just "Let's start again." Wow! In absolute awe of who He is!
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