Jason Helopoulos

You walk into retirement, you're in his love.

You walk into widowhood, you're in his love.

You walk in the midst of trial, you are in his love.

You walk in the midst of joy, you are in his love.

Beloved in God the Father, you dwell in his love forever because you've always dwelt in his love.

My favorite quotes from all of church history is where Gerhardus Voss is reflecting upon this.

And Voss says this.

He says, the best proof that he will never cease to love us lies in that he never began.

He's always loved you.

From eternity past, he loved you.

He never started loving you.

Always.

In eternity past, the Father and the Son covenanted together what theologians would call the covenant of redemption.

They covenanted together, if you are a Christian, to call you.

Why?

Because they loved you in eternity past.

He will never cease to love you because he never started to love you.

He's always loved you.

Now, that doesn't mean life is always easy.

We all have moments where it feels like everything is set against us, where you don't want to get out of bed or you get out of bed to start your day and it just feels better to let's return back to bed because of everything I'm going to face today.