Psalms 118:28-29
28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will extol you.
29 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!
Steadfast.
I don’t know why, but to me “steadfast” sounds, well, plain. Steadfast sounds like a description someone would use when they couldn’t come up with another word to describe someone.
“Well, at least he’s steadfast, bless his heart.”
(Yes, I even hear “bless his heart” added to make it somehow more, well, pitiful.)
But there is a reassurance to “steadfast” that says no matter what else may happen, this will continue. It may not be flashy, or the “latest and greatest”, but in spite of everything else, what is stead fast will still be there.
Like God’s love.
Steadfast.
Enduring.
Forever.
No matter my situation, no matter how fluid the moment, I can give thanks because God’s love will always be there.
And that blesses my heart.
