A couple of weeks ago, we had a really beautiful morning, so I took my Bible, blanket and coffee to my deck. I opened my Bible to that day’s reading and saw it was Romans 10. Now I love the Apostle Paul just as much as the next gal, but Romans has always been a difficult book for me to read, let alone comprehend really well. But that day, I felt like God was really nudging me to go back and re-read a couple of chapters.

The gift in that nudge was the last passage in chapter 8 (verses 38 & 39 in the NLT translation):

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death or life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries for tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below – indeed nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We all have our fears for today and our worries for tomorrow. Life isn’t predictable and things can change faster than we can blink. Today I’m facing a fear; I have a worry for tomorrow. I’m guessing that you may have those too. And honestly, sometimes it’s really hard to trust, hard to believe that God is in those moments with us, holding us close. But friend, HE is. He is closer than we think, always.

Let’s join together to put our trust in the Hope of Jesus; that He holds our fears and worries and that He is closer than we think.