James 1:17

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

     One night as I was up late studying for  a math test, I felt the need to curse variables. It gets very difficult trying to solve for x in all these different situations. Yet doing so is necessary. The very nature of life is that it is always changing. Math is a representation of this. The equations and the variables are always changing because there are things that are always shifting. Imagine doing a word problem based on the cost of gasoline. We would be adjusting our problem repeatedly to deal with the fluctions in the cost of gas per gallon.

     Gasoline is not the only example that we have of this. Go to the store and you will find that prices change, sometimes dramatically, on the products you wish to buy. If you talk to someone who has lived a full life, they will tell you how the remember when the cost of things were only a nickel. The stock market changes daily. On top of that things like our living situation, our friends, and our jobs are constantly shifting. In many ways the only constant is that there will be change.

     There is one thing that does not change, however. It is the nature of our God and Savior. He is constantly blessing His creation. He gives us good and not evil. He has shown over and over again throughout history how much He loves us and that He wants to help us. With all of these variables bouncing around these days, it is difficult for us to know what we should hang on to. We must grab hold of God, for He will never change and we can rely on Him.

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.