“’For the mountains may depart,
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,’
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”
Isaiah 54:10

Imagine for a moment, as you sit reading this, as you look out the window at the skyline you see every day where you work. Imagine that skyline suddenly crumbling and the world as you know it disappearing in an instant. Or imagine coming home after working all day and fighting traffic to find your house was swept away by a flood. Imagine the person you love most suddenly absent from your life. Try to picture it.

Maybe things like this have happened to you, or people you know. I was thinking about this today as I sat in my cube, going about my job, going for the same walk on my lunch, driving the same route to work and back. I like to rail against routine and I get frustrated that my life can seem, well, boring at times. But when my foundations get shaken I start singing a different tune. I don’t like my comfort bubble to be popped when it’s not on my terms. 

God only promises that one thing will stay the same—himself. Picture anything you have that you hold dear: your stuff, your job, your money, your looks, your relationships. Everything in this world is temporary. When those things fail, on that day, and all the days after, God will still be good. God will still love you. God’s promises will endure.