A couple weeks ago I called a company to diagnose my toilet. I fix a lot of things around the house, but this dripping fixture proved beyond my ability. Repairs involving water scare me, to be honest. A young man arrived and replaced the innards in the toilet tank. Good as new.

We live in a never restful world with comings and goings, bills to pay and toilets to fix. So it does me good to remember the broader reality. I love Paul’s words to a church in Rome experiencing a less than restful culture. While they struggled, Paul reminded them of the hope behind their faith:

I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Sometimes I lose myself in the cares of this world, either beaten down by distressing news from my feed, or succumbing to the bland disquiet of the day to day. But no matter. The love of our amazing God remains.

As followers of the Lord Jesus, nothing cuts us off from that love. Not angelic powers, world rulers, or troublesome toilets. We live as more than conquerers, and this knowledge exists to provide you and me with a much needed lift beyond ourselves.

Romans 8:37-39

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