Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.” Let those who fear the Lord say: “His love endures forever.” Psalm 118:1-4
Heavenly Father, though we’re all wondering when we’ll get back to our old “normal,” and be done with every vestige of this virus, there’s one aspect of our lives we’re most thankful will never change or end.
On this April Monday, we join the loud, triumphant, grateful declaration of this Psalm: “Your love, O Lord, endures forever.” Hallelujah!
The most certain, stable, dependable, and inexhaustible reality in our lives is your love, Abba Father. We could’ve never deserved it or earned it; and now we can never reduce it or lose it.
In terms of the quantity of your love, we live under the Niagara Falls of your affection, flowing out of the bottomless ocean of your grace. In terms of its reliability, your love is more on time than the rising sun, Swiss Trains, and monthly bills.
In terms of its quality, you love each of your children as much as you love Jesus; for you have made his righteousness ours and hidden our lives in his. In terms of endurability, you will cease to be God before you will stop loving your children.
Father, you give, and you take away. You fill our lives with good things, and you grace our lives with difficult things. You are nearer than our next breath, yet sometimes you seem very far away. And in all of it, in every last bit of the raptures and ruptures of life, your love endures forever, never waivers, and will get us safely Home. Thank you. So very Amen we pray, in Jesus’ strong and loving name.