This has been a week full of troubling news reports and seeing many inflamed facebook opinions. I will always address issues which I believe are gospel issues – the separation of children at the border is one of those. How you solve immigration may have many partisan answers, but we must never sanction the separation of kids from their parents. Remember, these are parents fleeing from violence and hoping for a better future. However, I try and refrain from addressing partisan issues (I am not weighing in for or against Trump or Obama. I pray and have prayed for both. I am not weighing in for or against a particular idea on securing borders, etc.) because I never want to cut off someone from hearing from me what is really important – and that is the gospel.

With all that has been going on these past few weeks, I have taken great solace in two facts. The first is from Revelation 4:2. In that chapter, John is invited up into heaven. Here he is imprisoned on the island of Patmos, having witnessed the death of all his friends and fellow disciples. God says John – I have news for you – there is a throne that still exists in heaven – and there is one who is seated on that throne. It is not Nero, or any other human being – but King Jesus! How thankful I am for that reminder.

The other passage that has been resonating with me is that of Lamentations 3:22,23

22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 

23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 

Regardless of what I hear on the news or on my Facebook feed – the one constant each day is that the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. In fact, his mercies are new every morning! Now, that is worth shouting about!