10 Things God Can't Do: #5

5.  God Can't Break A Promise.

Psalm 89:34 -- "I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered."

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It's almost hypnotic. That sleepy rhythm of the rubber tires hitting each concrete joint and the rolling, repetitive gentle dip of the car in perfect sync. I often get sleepy on the three point one miles we cross on the Buckman bridge at the Saint Johns River. Where the sun meets the surface of the water, a collection of bright sparkles glitter as if dancing on the tide. My Grandmother's diamonds, I have learned to call them - because that's what she calls them.

The clouds were gone. It had been storming all day but in the sky above us shone a warm sun through a deep, amazing blue - and in the distance, where a few straggling gray clouds were running away - there was a double rainbow.

I wish I'd thought to bring my camera. It was absolutely breathtaking.

The wonderful break in the weather made a smile spread across my lips. It had been gray for so very long, it seemed. I thought of Noah and what life must have been like on the ark with all the rain, rain, rain. How did they NOT go completely crazy?

But then, after the gray upon gray - God provided the very thing that had been lacking during all those soggy days - He granted COLOR! Not just any color - ALL of the basic rays across our visible spectrum. It was hope. It was joy. It was new! The rainbow came with a promise and it stands to remind us of ALL of God's promises to us.

I was reminded again of God's enduring faithfulness.

In Psalm 89:34 we see that God will not violate His Word. Not ever! What's more - in the verse just before that - we see that God will not take His love from us - nor will He ever betray His faithfulness! How amazingly comforting!! It doesn't get any more solid than that!! What beautiful streams of color!!

It does rain on us from time to time. Sometimes, it rains a lot. But we know a few things about this ever changing life weather of ours; we know it will not rain forever and we know that God will always, always love us through the cloudy days. ALWAYS!!