Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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One of the first places that my family and I visited when we moved to Colorado Springs was the Garden of the Gods. That was fifteen years ago.
I haven't seen a great deal of change in the Garden since I've lived here. The only change I've noticed is erosion of some of the trails after recent torrential rains. The rock formations looked the same.
However, throughout the park there is evidence that change has taken place, and will continue.
"'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 English Standard Version
We struggle with change. We don't like change. We resist change, yet change is inevitable.
Though change is difficult, we cannot resist the fact that we change and the world around us changes. The house doesn't look the same as it did twenty years ago nor do the people who inhabit it. We move a little slower, think a little slower and react a little slower.
It's difficult for us to think of anything that doesn't change, and yet that's what Isaiah declares. Isaiah reminds Israel that God's steadfast love never changes and his covenant of peace never changes.
This message is for you as well.
God's steadfast love and covenant of peace will never change even when life seems to be eroding around you. How can you be sure that God's love and peace will never change? The proof is in the message. The message of Christ crucified never changes.
He is God's love for you. He is God's peace for you. That will never change.
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