What Lasts Forever

Abide. That's God's word for love. Not "works for a while," not "lasts as long as it's good" — it abides. And what abides has roots. It has a foundation. It isn't knocked down by the first storm, nor the tenth.

You are building something that abides. Every day you choose love when it would be easier not to, every prayer you lift together, every forgiveness given and received — all of it is foundation. It may look invisible, it may seem like nothing is changing. But God is at work in what isn't visible yet. The love that abides isn't spectacular every day — it's consistent. It's faithful on the gray Monday, in the month of high bills, in the winter of marriage. And that's exactly where it proves it's real. The love that stays when it could have left — that's the love God celebrates.