Romans 8:31-39 (NRSV)
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Verse 31What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Verse 32He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Verse 33Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Verse 34Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Verse 35Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Verse 36As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered." Verse 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Verse 38For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, Verse 39nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Devotion
The child clings to her Mama’s legs. The Gestapo, the jailer, or the pimp pulls the Mama away. You’ve seen this scene in a thousand movies, and you are left choking down tears, not wanting anyone to know that you are that child, too. The evil of the world seems to win and the innocent one is left alone. We think it’s about us, but today we know that it really is about the one who was abandoned by us and who yet holds us through every loss.
Prayer
All glory, laud, and honor belong to you, gracious King, and nothing will separate us from your love. Amen.