The Bible In One Year – Proverbs 1-2/1 Corinthians 16
Today’s Reading: Psalm
103:13-22 – The world and its desires pass away, but whosoever does the will of
God lives forever. ~1 John 2:12
Unchanging Love
When I was in high school, I played on the varsity tennis
team. I spent many hours of my teenage years trying to improve my skills on
four concrete courts located just two blocks from my home.
The last time I visited that city, one of the first things I
did was drive to the tennis courts, hoping to watch others play and reminisce
for a moment. But the old courts, so familiar to my memory, were nowhere to be
seen. In their place was a vacant field, inhabited only by an occasional weed waving
silently in the breeze.
That afternoon remains in my mind as a stark reminder of the
brevity of life. One of the places where I expended some of my best youthful
strength no longer existed! Reflecting on that experience later brought me to
this truth, expressed by an aging King David: “The life of mortals is like
grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it
is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But from the everlasting to
everlasting the LORD’S love is with those who fear him” (Psalm 103:1-17).
We grow older and the world around us may change, but God’s
love doesn’t. He can always be trusted to take care of those who turn to
Him.-James Banks
Faithful Father, thank
You for Your love that never changes! Help me to love You faithfully today.
In our changing
world, we can always depend on our unchanging God.
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