Unchangeable

While enjoying a weekend with my wife and longtime friends at their cabin a few weeks ago, I looked through a stack of newspapers left by the previous owner to serve as fuel for the woodstove. One section I found was from September 5, 1982. In it, I found a picture of a young Dan Rather, updates on “CHiPS,” a $29.95 deal on a cassette carrier that boasts of holding 60 cassettes, and a writeup by Gary Deeb about the “MASH” finale. If you are unfamiliar with those names and items for sale, Google will fill you in.

As I read the paper, I was transported down the proverbial memory lane to days of my childhood. Much has changed since those days – some for the better (Spotify rather than 60 cassettes, for example) and others for the worse (some of the entertainment options, for example).  Through all the changes, some things have stayed the same. For example:

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• God’s love continues.
  

John 3:16 (NIV)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

• The Church remains.
  

Matthew 16:18 (NIV)
“I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”

• God’s sovereignty is no less than before.
  

• The promise of eternal life for Christ-followers endures.
  

No matter how many and to what degree things change, these four truths will remain. For that, I am exceedingly thankful.

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