His Love Endures Forever

At Central Christian College one of my early morning classes was Theology. 7:30 a.m. is a great time discuss the ins and outs of theodicy, anthropology, hamartiology, Christology, pneumatology, snoozology, and soteriology, just to name a few. (Here's a link to Wikipedia if you want to know what all of those mean.) My professor was very educated and had a lot of good stuff to say. He also had a deep, sonorous voice that after going to bed around 2 or 3 made it easy to slip back into la-la-land. It was a beautiful place full of doves and trinitarian symbols and seas of glass.

DJ Snooze's Afternoon Snooz'ology

The biggest project we had to do in Theology was to write our own creed. We looked at the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed and some others that I cannot remember. I love old stuff like that so I really enjoyed reading the creeds. Coming up with our own did not seem so hard. A one page paper on my belief system is a piece of cake. I just have to use the right flow and poetic resonance for it to be beautiful. The hard part of this task was the ten page paper to support why I said what I believe. What does it mean when I say "I believe in the Resurrection"? The report was difficult but I learned a lot from it. I had to find Scripture to back up what I said. It really made me stop and evaluate why I believe what I believe.

Recently, I was reading Psalm 136. It has always felt like somewhat of a boring read because every other line says, "His love endures forever." This time as I was reading it God pretty much said, "I keep repeating it so that it will get through your thick skull!" I was struggling to see His love and this smacked me over the head, so I decided to right my own psalm as a reminder. Just like writing the creed for class this is my statement of faith. As you read it think about what God's love is and what it looks like to you.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.
        His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the King of all things.
        His love endures forever.
Give thanks to the Awesome Father:
        His love endures forever.
who showers His love on the broken and bruised,
       His love endures forever.
who hurts for our sins.
       His love endures forever.
Praise to the God of grace:
       His love endures forever.
who forgives us while we are still in sin,
       His love endures forever.
who holds nothing against us,
       His love endures forever.
and believes wholeheartedly in us.
       His love endures forever.
Praise to the One who says 'You Are More,'
       His love endures forever.
Who cries out our worth,
       His love endures forever.
and says 'I love you, always.'
       His love endures forever.
'You are my child, my beautiful creation.'
       His love endures forever.
Praise the one who offers redemption,
       His love endures forever.
who restores hearts and rebuilds marriages,
       His love endures forever.
who provides for all our needs.
       His love endures forever.
Glory to the Father who holds us in the dark,
       His love endures forever.
who speaks words of comfort and peace to our broken heart,
       His love endures forever.
who lifts us up when we cannot stand,
       His love endures forever.
who gives us wings excel.
       His love endures forever.
All glory to Him who sits on the throne,
       His love endures forever.
who came and died and rose;
       His love endures forever.
whose blood as shed for our sins.
       His love endures forever.
Thank you Father for living and loving.
       His love endures forever.
Thank you for never letting go.
       His love endures forever.
Thank you for crying, "You are more!"
       His love endures forever!

If you have experienced God's enduring love please share your story in the comments below. We all need a reminder from time to time that He is never letting go.