“He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind;
for he is not a man, that he should change his mind.”
I Samuel 15:29

“For I am the Lord, I do not change...”
Malachi 3:6a

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights,
with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”
James 1:17

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving brings to mind a time of reflection,
looking back ~ into the distant and more recent past,
listing the things for which we are grateful.
And that is important.

But my gratefulness reaches into the future,
for my God is a God who never changes.
What He has said is true, and while disputed by many,
it will not prove false.
I can count on Him and on what He has said.

My God is a just God, fair in all that He does.
He is a God of mercy and grace.
He is a God who knows me well, for He created me
and He willingly reveals to me things about me that I need to know,
in a way I can understand,
so that I can learn and grow.
He is a God who wants to be known by me.
He wants me to spend time with Him and His Word.
He is a God who loves me
and it is His love that filters all that He allows to enter my experience.
He knows what I need
and while He does not always meet my needs
in the way I deem best at any given time,
He has proved Himself faithful time and again.
Romans 3:3 states that my lack of faith does not nullify His faithfulness.
His faithfulness is something I can count on
even if I don't understand the how, when, where, and why of it.

In a world of constant change,
it is reassuring to know that my God has been, is, and always will be
who He is!
How often do I thank Him for being who He is?
I'm doing it more and more these days.

Twila Charles Leichty
November 29, 2008