Love That Endures
His love endures forever.
His love endures forever.
His love endures forever.
His love endures forever.
Psalm 136 repeats this phrase 26 times like a continuous refrain in a song. Israel used it to remember who God is and perhaps to bolster their faith during hard times. Could this work for us?
Think about 3 different times in your life when you knew God was moving on your behalf, when he was demonstrating his love to you in tangible ways.
Write them down in the spaces provided and then read the whole section out loud.
His love endures forever.
His love endures forever.
His love endures forever.
What happened in your heart as you read it? Did thanksgiving bubble forth? Did you feel a renewed sense of confidence? Maybe ask your family to give you a few more examples and read those with the phrase following.
Now let’s take this a bit further. Write in the spaces provided 3 burdens or hard situations that you or those you love are currently facing. Then read it out loud.
His love endures forever.
His love endures forever.
His love endures forever.
Do you believe that his love will endure even through the things you have recorded? Is it really true? Ponder these verses. Romans 8:35-39
Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
We can believe that His love endures forever. I choose to believe even in my hardest moments. I encourage you to join me.
Blessings from Bev