Everlasting To Everlasting

 

 

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion for his children, so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him. For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.

 

As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

 

The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, obedient to his spoken word. Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will. Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul.

 

Psalm 103:11-22

 

Nothing lasts. The photographer who witnessed Mount St. Helens erupting saw a mountain move. He saw a forest disappear. He saw a mountain fall apart. He knew that God is the only one who is immovable. Nothing in our world, not even a mountain, is absolutely indestructible. Our world may crumble around us, but God never changes.

 

Our Daily BreadFebruary 19, 2006