Quick Change

Last week it was so hot I perspired just thinking about going outside. I put away my winter coat and warm Russian hat weeks ago. I was wondering about wearing shorts. Some of you did more than wonder. It was summer-ish, if not actually summer.

And then, it got cold. And last night it snowed. We didn’t get any drifts, but in the Northwest they did. One town reported nine inches. School got canceled there.

And then it got hot. And then it got cold. And then…

Isn’t life full of surprising changes like that? That cute little baby suddenly graduates from high school. That seedling you planted on Arbor Day is now suddenly towering above your roof. The price of gas has passed two dollars a gallon… when “just yesterday” it was under a dollar.

Some of changes took years… but other changes are like yesterday’s snow. They not only seem sudden, they are sudden. A sudden car accident that takes away mobility. A sudden hailstorm that flattens yesterday’s blossoming crops. A sudden argument that breaks a friendship.

It almost makes me feel insecure. Things change. Too fast.

But of course, everything doesn’t change. Even though seas drain, planets shift, suns flare and atoms disintegrate, everything doesn’t change. Even though colors fade, sounds are silenced, odors diminish and tastes grow bland, everything doesn’t change. Even though Presidents lose elections, boundaries are moved, nations disappear and cities crumble, everything doesn’t change.

And snow in Mid-April reminds me…

That God doesn’t change. That He still (as He has always done) saves only through grace because of Jesus’ death and life. That He still loves what He made. That He is still all-powerful.

God doesn’t change.

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