Everlasting

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

~ Psalm 90:2

Everlasting does not have to necessarily mean forever. It does not have to mean immortal or cause us to question our own human mortality. To be everlasting means to endure, to persevere, to always come back to. And it is in this definition that we may begin to understand that in this season of advent, in this time where the story of Christ is started again, everlasting not only refers to the Father, but does indeed apply to those in and out of his flock.

The love and forgiveness and care that we as followers of Christ take as a given should then be redistributed by us as well. The Lord does not claim to be everlasting as a show of power or pride, he does so to remind us of what we should be. Our actions are what make us everlasting. A smile to a stranger may save a life: that is an everlasting change. A word of comfort, forgiveness given without repentance, judgement and hate kept from being spoken, each of these actions have the potential to have everlasting consequences.

As we wait for Christ to be born, for the greatest love story ever beheld to begin again, we must strive to be everlasting. To be kind to those in need and to those out of it. God did not come only for those who would follow him, he came to be everlasting in his acceptance and love. He came to be everlasting in such a way as to always be there for people to turn to, whether it be the first time or the hundredth.

But for us, who are not ourselves everlasting, but instead reflections of His Love, we must be ready to set aside our own prejudice and judgements and pride, and instead pick up the banner of love and acceptance, no matter where the person opposite is in their own journey. We are called to be His hands and feet, and that is what makes us everlasting in this season of Advent and in every other.

SarahNelle Lavallee #everlasting #adventword