I’ve been circling the words ‘unfailing love’ in scripture for weeks now, trying to remind my feelings of my knowings, honestly. This morning I read this and a switch flipped in my mind. I’ve been in this space before and suddenly, it’s illuminated. I recognize the room and I know the way out.

Three months after Mom passed, I was walled up on this same dark place, wondering about the ‘unfailing’ love of God and why it felt so far off. It was the last day of a youth missions trip and in my quiet time on a miserable and cold morning, when God spoke to me and reminded me that His love was like the sun. Steadfast and certain. Only occasionally out of view but never out of orbit.

Why do we let death cloud our view of God?

I’m going to board an airplane of Friday and even if it’s overcast, we are going ascend above the clouds, we will keep climbing until we see the sun again. We are going to keep climbing until I remember that no matter how dark and disparaging my immediate circumstances are, His love still shines steady somewhere above my life.

One day, we’ll be certain of His love. Beloved, there is a day coming where the sun will shine so bright that we will forget our troubles altogether. We will never lose sight of God’s love because it will be as tangible as water collecting on our skin when we come out of a pool. We will be healed and finally convinced that Christ is the cure for all that ails us.

“The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.” (Isaiah‬ ‭30:26‬ ‭NLT‬‬)

Lord, we do pray that the clouds part soon. But even if they don’t, please keep us from forgetting again. Forgive us for forgetting again. Thank You, for Your unfailing love. Help us trust it when our world is cloudy and unkind. Give us grace to climb higher, certain that we’ll see Your love shining strong above our clouds. Grow us steadfast as we wade through the rainy season and trust that the clouds will one day dissipate forever. Amen.