Unchangeable

When the day is filled with uncertainty and difficult decisions, it is good to pause for a moment and cast our eyes into the past.   The future we cannot know, but the past is locked firmly by the boundaries of our memories.  And, when we pause in the midst of dark filled days to look at the past, the first thing we see is the faithfulness of God.  What we are tempted to forget midst the chaos of a tough day is that fact that the God who has been with us, cared for us, loved us, and got us through other tough things, is still ever present with us.    

It may be that our circumstances are changing, but the God of yesterday is the same God who is showing up today.  Even as we have memories of not being forsaken, we can know in the deep places of our being that such remains true.  Even in the midst of trouble we are not forsaken.  God remains with us.  Circumstances may change, but God is utterly dependable.  As He has been with us in the days filled with sunshine, so is He with us in the days so stormy we cannot see our way forward.    

He is the same for us in the difficult times as He is in the good times.  In that part of our life, nothing has changed.  Our memories are precious.  They bring into view the good moments of our life.  Things stay ever present in our memory.  And, even as such is true with our memories of things shared with those we love, so is it true of the way God has been with us.  In the times of trouble, it is good to remember that His presence with us yesterday is nothing more than a promise He has made to be with us today and tomorrow and even beyond.