Winter is officially over. It remains to be seen if the weather actually agrees with that statement or not. But from where I’m sitting it looks like things are about to start getting green again very soon. There is something about the transitional seasons that feels so special. Coming out of winter, we are ready for it to be warm again in the spring. Coming out of summer, we are ready for it to be cool again in the fall. These perfect little cycles of life remind us that time is marching on.
There was a Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, who is credited with the phrase, “the only constant in life is change.” It is something that we all need to live into and accept: time is passing, you’re getting older, people come into and out of your life. If we take technology into account, then this constant change can feel like a whirlwind that we’re trying to keep up with.
As Christians however, we have an anchor point. In a world that feels like it’s whipping past us we can look to the creator of that world and take solace in the fact that God does not change. God’s love for us is the same day after day.
The writer of Hebrews put it this way in Hebrews 13:8-9, “8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.”
We can resist the temptation to look to the heavens and say, “thanks for the salvation, but what have you done for me lately?” God’s love does not change. God’s love does not fail. God’s love for you won’t go away because of the things you’ve done.
God is our constant.