No one like You/How He Loves Us

This morning's Pandora worship session woke me up with a good dose of David Crowder. In his song "No One Like You", the first verse claims, "Every day, You're the same. You never change, no never!" That's always been a no-brainer for me. Duh... of course God never changes. It's just a fact. We take it for granted... why sing about it? But this morning I realized that it's not just a fact - it is a huge blessing. God's unchanging nature is a gift to His people. When I think of my best friend in this city, I would love to say that he never changes; but that's entirely untrue. When I'm having a bad day, sometimes he can be the sweetest, kindest, most helpful friend I've ever had. But other times he's having a bad day too, or tells me to suck it up and move on, or sometimes he's not even here at all. Sometimes when I say "hi" to him from across the courtyard he'll make a completely 180 from where he was going just to come over and give me a hug. Sometimes he'll glance up just long enough to toss out a grumpy "hey" and continue on. Even though I completely trust him as a person and trust that he cares about me and loves me as a friend, I can't trust him to be the exact same person - or to act the same toward me - every day. God's not like that. Every single day, no matter whether I'M close or distant, grumpy or happy, up or down, He's always pouring out his grace, love, mercy, affection, gentleness, kindness, patience, sweetness, etc. into my life. In fact, I would even say that he slathers me with love. Slather - isn't that a great word? A friend of mine used it yesterday, then noted how it's a combination between "slop" and "lather". So it's like, "Heap it on and rub it all over!" SLATHER. I think that's how God's affection is given to us. Slather style. He scoops up as much love as we can humanly handle, plops it onto our heads, and rubs it into the darkest corners of our hearts with zeal. And He never stops doing this.

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness."
~Jeremiah 31:3b

For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
~Psalm 117:2

"I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me."
~Jeremiah 32:40

And these are only a few of the hundreds of verses in the Bible which display God's incredible care for us. Praise God - He will never stop loving us and doing good to us! What a remarkably undeserved blessing.