Leaving. Turning away. Forgetting. Walking right out of our lives. Falling of the face off the earth.
Whatever you want to call it, it's something we all fear. We fear our friends will leave us in the dust and forget about us. We fear our boyfriends will walk out of our lives, never to be seen again and never to love us again. We even fear our parents will turn away from us and become a figure in the distance. So we try to protect ourselves. We put up big, thick walls and say "I'd rather be isolated now than to be hurt later when they leave". Either that, OR we continue to be hurt time after time because "this time will be different" and we feel like we can completely trust this new person in our lives who seems to offer so much more than the last person but only leaves us empty.
But Christ's love never leaves. It never is less than enough and never ends. It is always perfect. He never turns his back on us and leaves us confused. He is completely constant and never decides He doesn't love us anymore. And the best part about the truth of His constant, perfect love is that we don't have to build those walls anymore. Since He will never leave, we don't have to fear becoming too attached only later to have our hearts broken. So we can love Him with all we are, our expectation not temporary love followed by ultimate brokenness but instead constant fulfillment by His perfect love and eternity to enjoy it.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
1 John 4:18
“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
Isaiah 49:15-16
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation of shadow due to turning away.
James 1:17
"...he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”
I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5-6
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