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Psalm chapter 107, verse 1.

I'll give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

For his steadfast love endures forever.

That's a common refrain, a common phrase in the Psalms. The steadfast love of God

endures forever. And I just want you to think about that for a moment, particularly in a world

where so many of us have had people in our lives who loved us for a little

while and then left us. I just think about speaking to a group of students recently.

The number of students before me who have had a parent who has loved them for a little while

and then left them who is no longer in their lives.

I think about every Sunday when I'm standing before the church God's entrusted

me to care for and pastor. And I think about all the men and women before me who have had a spouse

who has loved them for a little while and then left them. I think about the number of

people who've had a close friend, someone who they thought loved them well, who they leaned on

and trusted in, but that close friend betrayed them we live in a world where

people let us down in ways that are so hurtful in ways that have effects on our lives for a long time, maybe the rest of our lives. And so to open up the Bible and to hear

these words about God, give thanks to the Lord for he is good for his steadfast love endures forever.

Doesn't that reality just boom from the pages of the Bible across a world where love in so

many ways and so many relationships doesn't last.

The steadfast love of the one who matters most lasts forever.

And there's an exclamation point on the end of Psalm 107, verse one.

And I think there's a good reason for it there, because this is good news.

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