Forever

From Psalm 48 (The Message)

We pondered your love-in-action, God,

waiting in your temple:

Your name, God, evokes a train

of Hallelujahs wherever

It is spoken, near and far;

your arms are heaped with goodness-in-action.

¹¹ Be glad, Zion Mountain;

Dance, Judah's daughters!

He does what he said he'd do!

^12-14 Circle Zion, take her measure,

count her fortress peaks,

Gaze long at her sloping bulwark,

climb her citadel heights—

Then you can tell the next generation

detail by detail the story of God,

Our God forever,

who guides us till the end of time.

What things have permanence in our lives?

What things last forever?

For some reason, I've been really enjoying the new TLC series, "Life Without People." It imagines a world where human life has just instantly vanished...and then shows how time would take its toll on our most "permanent" human endeavors.

Kind of morbid, I know...but really fascinating. I think it actually helps us spiritually to spend some time reflecting on the transient nature of our lives and the stuff that surrounds us. It helps me understand that really only one thing is forever:

"Our God...who guides us until the end of time."

Ponder that "love-in-action" and let it teach you to depend on the one permanent thing.

Grace & Peace,

Adam