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nothing ever can separate us

Over the past few months I’ve been going through a lot. A lot has changed and it’s been hard. A few weeks (or maybe months I don’t really remember) ago I was introduced to this verse and it meaning really hit me. I’d read the verse before, and I even had some of it memorized but it was in this rough time that God really showed me what it truly meant. 

Romans 8:38-39 says “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, or height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” 

And as I was reading this verse it hit me. It doesn’t matter what the world or the devil tries to throw at us, God is always here for us. Even In our darkest moments when there seems likes there’s no hope he’s still there. Holding our hand guiding us through. It doesn’t matter what horrible things we’ve done, or what awful things we will do in the future he loves us anyway. He is faithful. 
On top of this verse there’s a song by Citizen Way (nothing ever could separate us) that is literally the words of this verse and it’s become my anthem. So often I get caught up in the sad or disappointing things happening in my life that I forget to cling to the rock that is Jesus Christ. I get so caught up in myself that I forget that we have one hope. One way to truly be happy and find joy. Never forget that God is there for you always. You just have to cling to him.

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