Oceans Will Part

This is my comfort in my affliction,

that your promise gives me life.

- Psalm 119:50, ESV

It's a cloudy day here in Lexington. It's cold, and there's a threat of rain (as there seems to be a good portion of the time). 

On days like today it's easy to get caught up in negativity and despair, especially if things aren't going well for you at the moment.

So if that's you today, then for you I am writing a simple reminder:

That even in the gloom, the obscurity...when things seem bleak...when the fog gets heavy and the shadow grows thick and you begin to wonder if the sun ever will shine again...when you're struggling or when you feel like you're in the dark...

...He is there to comfort us.

He is there to love on us, to pick us up when we trip on our own feet, to put a bandage on our wounds when someone pushes us down. 

He's our Daddy. But He's also God.

In the words of Jars of Clay: "It seems too easy to call you 'Savior,' not close enough to call you 'God.'"

It can be hard for us to understand that the Creator of the universe loves us so deeply, craves us so intimately. It's hard for us to understand because we're human. We're limited. We're finite.

But because of who He is, God has a greater capacity to love than we can ever comprehend.

And this God who loves us is an awesome God.

He's a powerful God.

He's an all-knowing God.

He's a merciful God.

And He loves us without condition and without limitation.

Oceans part at His whisper.

The wind and the sea obey Him.

Every knee will bow to Him.

This is the God whose death gives us life.

This is the God whose resurrection gives us hope.

This is the God who loves us.