I put up a new calendar the other day.  As one month ticked on towards the next, I got to thinking.  This year has really flown by!  What do you remember from this year?  Was there something that was really worrying you?  Have you found some closure?  Have things gone downhill since then?   Some problems have decreased in size like watching the mountain range in your rearview mirror.  Some problems have grown larger and you may not be sure how you will weather the storm ahead.  They say the only constant is change.

There is in fact a constant that does not change.  He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).  He makes the path straight through the valleys and mountains (Isaiah 40:4-5).  He is the solid ground when everything else is like quicksand (Psalm 19:14).  Jesus Christ was sent by the Father to enter our hectic sin-filled world.  He knows what it is to be human even to the point of death.  He shed His blood to be your constant, to declare to the world that even a sinner like you is forgiven.  His love for you will never change.  He rose from the dead.  He spearheads the way into the New Creation where pain and mourning and change will no longer be constants but rather ancient history.

Months will fold into the next.  What is a big deal today will be a memory tomorrow.  Through it all we can stand firm on Jesus Christ whose forgiveness and mercy never change.  For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”  1 Peter 2:6 (ESV)

Pastor Jaime Nava