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Devotion for the week...

Today I'm sharing one of the devotions from the Roman Adventure QAL and Devotional Journey. This truth might be one of my favourites 💖 

Nathan used to love building with Lego and every now and then he’d come to me with pieces that were stuck together so tightly he couldn’t get them apart. Since I have longer nails, I could usually get them apart and he’d quickly be on his way back to his project. There were times, though, when it was almost impossible to wedge a fingernail into that barely visible line between the pieces and pry them apart. I’d have to try from one angle, then another, and from this side, then the other, trying to find the one spot where I could get in between the two pieces just a tiny bit in order to separate them.

There are plenty of things in this life that we might worry could potentially separate us from God’s love, but Paul assures us it’s not possible. “I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).

We might worry that something we do, some sin we commit, could make God stop loving us, but Paul points out that not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. Any sin in our lives needs to be dealt with, obviously, but there’s no sin that would make God stop loving us.

We need to let this truth get down deep in our souls - nothing can separate us from His love. Nothing. He holds onto us more tightly than any two Lego pieces could ever be stuck, and there’s no angle or side from which something could get in between us.