Glorious words, cool water

Have you ever just needed a bit of encouragement?  A bit of cool water for your soul?  Have you ever felt dry, empty, discouraged?  

Then slowly read the words below....don't rush, take your time, and let them sink into your mind and heart.  These are glorious words, cool water for thirsty souls!

"We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.  What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?  Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?  Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself.  Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us. Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?  (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.  And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.  No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."

I come to these words often to remember, to remind myself that there is a bigger picture, that I'm part of a grand plan by a sovereign God and that he has provided everything, literally everything I need for life and godliness!

And it's all in Jesus Christ!

Only in him can any of us find all we need, the cool water for a thirsty soul, glorious words for hopeless lives.  Only in Christ is all we need for now and eternity.

Feel better, don't you?