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For those in darkness, for those in dispair. For those in the valley, for those in the pit. For everyone who's searching for answers: Know that the GOD who stood before time, the One who knew every day of your life, the Star Breather, the Matchless One, He has always been and He is never changing...

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." James 1:17 NIV


Not one earth-shattering thing that we go through shakes his Kingdom, or rattles His throne. He IS the answer when we can't find any. He is the Rock that is not shaken by earth's circumstance. He stood before creation and His throne will know no end.

From the beginning of creation through eternity, He remains the same.

In tragedy or victory His cross triumphs, proclaiming His unending Love.

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,' says the Lord.
And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.' " Is 55:8 NLT

For at the Cross - the darkest hour of creation where God took on the sins of the world - becoming sin for us, being cursed that we might be blessed - there, in that darkness, that hopelessness, God's eternal love was shown to us once and for all. Mercy triumphed over judgement and Life triumphed over the grave, proclaiming that everything in Heaven and on the earth has been placed under His feet - even death lost it's power.

"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." Is 53:5-12 NIV

Everything He (God) does is out of Love for he cannot separate Himself from it - for He IS Love.
This God is bigger than our imagination - indescribable.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. " Jer 29:11 NLT

That God stands through tragedy.
That God heals the untouchable
That God speaks judgement and Love in one.
That God sees our deepest needs.
That God is alive and well and REAL to all who call on His Name.

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
Jer 29:13 NIV