Love That Outlasts the Distance
3 min read · Belonging
Romans 8:38-39
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul names forces that can make us feel cut off, then insists that none can separate us from God's love in Christ. Feeling distant is not the same as being abandoned. When emotion offers no reassurance, let this promise stand outside your mood. Hold one phrase from the passage today, and let it challenge the story that you have been left alone.
Today’s prayer
God of steadfast love, stay near when I cannot sense your presence. Root my belonging in your love rather than in my changing feelings. Amen.
