Yesterday, Today, the Same.

There's this kids song that we always sing at VBS (and in Manitoulin - yes, I do have to bring that mission trip up at every possible opportunity), and in the beginning of the second verse it says:

"You will never, ever change. Yesterday, today, the same."

The other week as I was brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed, I had this revelation and realization of what that truly means.

Side note, I tend to have a lot of my revelations/big thoughts/life realizations while I'm in the bathroom. It's weird, I know. But it's a thing.

I can never fully wrap my head around what it means that God is unchanging, and that's likely because I'm a finite human being living in the hustle and bustle of the twenty-first century, trying to work, do two online courses, go on two trips, and keep up a half decent social life this summer. My life seems to be constantly changing.

That's precisely why I was so refreshed last week when I realized how awesome it is that God doesn't change.

C'mon people, we change everything. Our diets, our friends, our jobs, our majors in college, our opinions on different topics, our hair colour, our cars. You name it.

When we don't like something (or someone) anymore, it becomes "uncool" or unpopular, or no longer serves us, we change it.

Imagine if God was like that. He'd have trashed me a loooong time ago.

But He's the same.

He's good, He's loving, He's ever-present, He's full of grace and mercy, He's forgiving, He's patient, He's just, He's all-powerful, He's sovereign. Aaaand He's everything else that I didn't take time to list because the list could truly go on forever. He's God. Always.

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I'm thankful that He controls my life and not me, because the past couple of weeks have proven to me that my life would be a train wreck if I was in control. I can hardly manage to get my laundry done, finish my homework assignments on time, keep a scheduled coffee date, text people back, and go to work without having a panic attack because of how busy I feel I am. But when I surrender that anxiety and stress to God, He gives me peace and restores my soul. My crazy schedule is no match for my unchanging, all-loving, perfect heavenly Father. And neither is your schedule.

Today - and always - I'm thankful that He will never, ever change. Especially when everything else in this temporary life is.