Permanently

Psalm 103:12

And as far as sunrise is from sunset,
    he has separated us from our sins.


I never tire of looking at God's sunrises, from the east, and sunsets, in the west. I think they are some of the most beautiful things in nature. (The picture here is a sunset we saw this evening.)

I also love the symbolism of them as well. 

God gives us each sunrise as a new beginning. He can hardly wait to see what we will do with all that He has bestowed on us  He loves spending the day with us. I can just see His anticipation as he waits for us to wake each and every morning. 

Then the sunsets! God gives us these as a time to settle down from of all that the day has brought.  A time to let go. A time to rest and renew for the next sunrise. 

Just as a Sunrise will never run into a Sunset, we Christians will not have to think about or even remember the things we would have changed from our day. God has promised to take our sins and short comings and separate them from us, permanently!  Just as far as the east is from the west. As far as a sunset is from a sunrise.

God's permanent is not like the worlds. Our version of permanent is we keep something or do something only until we tire of it. Then we change it. Or we cover our gray hair with a "permanent" hair color, but it doesn't last.  Even a permanent marker can be cleaned up if you do it right, Maybe not out of clothes, but off of hard surfaces. I cleaned up a boo boo, once, that Riley did on a wooden piece of furniture. Here on this earth nothing stays the same, everything changes.

But God's promises never, ever change. We can always count on this fact. He forgives our sins and never even thinks about them again. He justifies us and we become part of His family where He never lets us go. He loves and takes care of us, forever. So we not only have all the beauty around us but we have the complete peace God gives as well. Amazing huh?

Thank you God!

So as you wake up to the sunrise in the morning I hope you wake up with the peace that only God can give!

Blessings!!