Safe at last by Gary Rose

Thirty years ago, I worked in a laboratory in Sayreville, New Jersey. The building was a newer one and great place to work. But, we had one problem – someone liked to steal lunches out of the refrigerator in the lunch room. After awhile, I stopped putting food in the fridge and just brought things to eat that I could keep in my desk. We never did find out who the culprit was but after all these years, it is not really important anymore.

Still, no one likes having their food stolen (or anything else for that matter). And the “Anti-Theft Lunch Bags” would have been a nice solution to an irritating problem. Now, I know that nothing ever seems to last- things rust, break, become obsolete, get misplaced or even worse, stolen. But, what if you could have something that could NEVER be changed? The apostle Paul writes…

Romans 8 ( World English Bible )

Rom 8:35, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Rom 8:36, Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Rom 8:37, No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Rom 8:38, For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Rom 8:39, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And the answer is… The love of Christ! Nothing can separate us from Jesus’ love; absolutely NOTHING! This is NOT A TRICK (like that Anti-Theft Bag). Jesus’ love trumps EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE! Jesus never changes his decision to love us; we can decide not to follow him anymore, but Jesus’ decision towards us will never, ever change.

Accept it, appreciate it and love him back. You will be eternally glad you did!