Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 (New International Version)
The one thing I have noticed about facing daily chronic challenges is that they are inconsistently consistent. I’ve likened it to a roller coaster ride.
Will my heart stay in rhythm today? Will I be able to get up and move around? Will I need pain pills and muscle relaxers? Will it be a remarkably “good” day and I can accomplish things?
I never know. Sometimes it changes minute by minute. I may feel perfectly fine and then suddenly ... something springs to the fore.
It has taken a while to get used to the fact that I cannot really make plans. I give “definite maybes” as responses, or I will if I can. But I have grown to know that this is my life for now.
I have to admit I don’t like inconsistencies. I like things predictable. I don’t like changes. I want to know what to expect. God, however seems to think I need to learn to be flexible and expect the unexpected. The unexpected good as well as bad. It is a lesson I am trying to learn.
Yet, how glorious it is to be able to look to my God and realize that He is the one constant in my life. He is the same God that created the universe, the same God who walked this earth 2,000 years ago, the same God today, and the same God into eternity.
His words will not change. He is who He is.
And that is the one thing I can count.
Tomorrow for me? Who knows.
But tomorrow, my God will be the same. Kind, loving, compassionate, and wondrously, gloriously good.
Father God, I cannot help but praise You that in this world of inconsistencies, I can count on You to be who You have revealed yourself to be! Amen and Amen, Lord! So be it!
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