Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

As you go through life, and live out your faith, this verse can take on a few different meanings depending on your current circumstances. When you know you’re on the right path and feel close to God this verse can make you feel even more unstoppable. However, in those dark nights of the soul we can respond to, “who can be against us?” with, “everyone and everything.” We feel tired, overwhelmed, and separate from a source that once gave us strength.

In those times we need to cling to Paul’s reminder in verse 35, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” –or busyness, or parenting stress, or social media, or any of the hundreds of other things that fill the minds and schedules of modern people.

I wish that our faith meant that we would live charmed lives. Everything is sunshine and rainbows, you make just a little bit more money than you need, your children always mind you, the dogs only bark when you say speak, and all the lights are green whenever you hit the road. Unfortunately, we are reminded time and again that we will face troubles, but we don’t need to face them alone.

Romans 8:37-39 “37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Nothing can disconnect you from the love of God—no busy schedule, no stress at home or work, nothing! How connected we feel will ebb and flow, but God’s love never leaves you. There are times we need to pause for a moment to remember that love, and there are times we need turn and run back to God’s loving arms.

Wherever you find yourself there is connection. There is always a way home.