Steadfast

A friend recently turned me on to the Moravian Daily Text. They send a daily email with three scripture readings that take you through the entire Bible in a year. I'm loving it.

Today's reading was from Psalm 117.

Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Extol him, all you peoples!
For great is his steadfast love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord!

And this jumped out at me: God's love is steadfast.
Steadfast=Unmoveable. Unshakeable. Not wavering. Not dependent on what's happening at the moment.

I like that. Mainly because I am often moved, shaken, wavered (is that a word?) and am more often than I'd like dependent on the moment for my feelings.

So I'm changing the way I think based on God's steadfast love.
When I'm down and want to quit, God's love for me is steadfast.
When I fall short of what I hoped to accomplish, God's love for me is steadfast.
When I succeed, God's love for me is steadfast.
When people speak well of me, God's love for me is steadfast.
When I fail, God's love for me is steadfast.
When I am angry, God's love for me is steadfast.
When I am sad, God's love for me is steadfast.

And since I'm made in the image of God, then God's steadfast love is making me steadfast too. Or as CS Lewis put it, he is changing me into the kind of thing that he is.