Indestructible Love
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed
of the Lord say this—those he
redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the
lands, from east and west, from north and south… Let them give thanks
to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for
he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. —Psalm
107:1–3, 8–9
With all the advances in technology, why
do things seem to wear out so quickly? We can build a space station that lasts
longer than our toaster. We can make a major investment in a new home, and a
few years later we’re told that we need replacement windows. As we’re about to
sign the deal on a new car (priced just below the gross domestic product of
Argentina), we’re told that we need to expend even more for an extended
warranty to cover parts that could fail.
Relationships crumble. Bodies wear out. Investments fail. Churches split.
Governments fall. But there is one thing that is absolutely indestructible. The
psalmist declares that God’s love “endures forever.” That’s a long time! Even
though everything else will eventually fail, God’s love never does. That is
something we can build our hope on.
As an old gospel song says, “Hold to God’s unchanging hand.”
Lord, we thank you for staying with
us through “thick and thin,” times of prosperity and want, times of health and
decline. We trust you to be our Companion even in the “valley of the shadow of
death” (Ps 23:4).
David
K. Lynch is a retired pastor who lives and writes in Miamisburg, Ohio.
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