Hebrews 13:7-9

Hebrews 13:7-9
English Standard Version (ESV)

  Walking Caleb to school this morning, it's noticeably colder than it was last week.  There is frost on the ground and leaves blowing in the wind.  Everything around points to the seasons changing, as kids on the playground are bundled in coats and parents assume the posture of trying to keep warm, with hands in pockets or collected around a cup of warm coffee.
  The world around us is in constant flux.  The weather changes, the global political environment changes, storms and political leaders rise and fall.  If we look to the world around us for certainty, we will be sorely disappointed.
  Jesus Christ, however, never changes.  His grace and his love and his mercy are everlasting, and the characteristics of God are unchanging.  Just as God was yesterday, he is today and will be forever.  The promises of God are not based on emotional whims, but eternal truths, and those of us who choose to live by these can take assurances that the things God promised in the Bible will be true because has promised that they will, and just as Christ fulfilled the Old Testament promises that were made about him, so, too, will the promises about the future one day come true.  That means that there is an eternal city prepared for us, and that we are to live in today's changing world with one foot anchored in eternity and hearts prepared to love the people around us enough to tell them about the love God has for them.