Last night I was working in the Children's Ministry room while an adult Bible study was going on in the fellowship hall. I had the television on to watch old Veggie Tales videos as the kids were tired of playing and just wanted to rest a bit. It was late. They were tired.
One of the children wanted to watch "Larry Boy" so I found the video tape, that's right, I said tape, as in VHS. I popped it into the video player, but alas, the tape had not be rewound by the last viewer. Probably in 1999.
One of the little boys became quite impatient waiting for the video tape to rewind. He wanted to watch. He wanted to watch now. DVDs have taught our kids we just push a button and the magic of television comes to life. Videos make us wait.
The four-year old boy doesn't understand videos. I don't know if he thought I didn't know what I was doing.... what on earth was taking so long? He wanted to watch and he let me know as only a young child can (by saying it over and over and over) that he didn't want to wait. Watch Larry Boy, watch Larry Boy....
I get it. You want to watch Larry Boy.
Finally, after what seemed to be a good twenty minutes, the video had rewound and we were able to push the play button. The television screen was fuzzy for a moment, but finally the Veggie Tales theme song came to life. The boys danced and sang along. All was well with the world. The boys and I were all thankful the tape was ready to play.
Change. The world of videos has long gone except for the few homes which still have a video player. In our home we have videos which tout the advent of movies coming in the summer of 1995. Movies I have long forgotten are still in promo trailers on these relics. I also have a DVD player and two blue-rays at home.... because they're just better than a VHS player. And VHS tapes are a little hard to come by lately.
Time marches on. Things change.
But not everything changes. God is the same today as He was thousands of years ago. His faithfulness, His caring, His love and protection... all exactly the same as they were at the time of Moses. Abraham. Adam and Eve.
His rules haven't changed much either. Love God the most and love everyone else the way you love yourself. Loosely paraphrased.
Although I appreciate change with the advancement of things like Blue-Ray over VHS, I also love the fact that God's love for me never changes. I cannot do anything that would keep Him from loving me. It's impossible. No matter how impatient I become, or how I might tend to ignore Him because I'm swamped at home.... He remains the same.
I can do absolutely nothing that will put me outside of His ability to love, care and guide me.
There's a lot of comfort found in that. He is unchangeable. And not only that, God is unable to change. His love never ceases. His mercy endures from generaton to generation. His faithfulness... the same yesterday, today and always.
And for that I am very thankful.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the
heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17.
One of the children wanted to watch "Larry Boy" so I found the video tape, that's right, I said tape, as in VHS. I popped it into the video player, but alas, the tape had not be rewound by the last viewer. Probably in 1999.
One of the little boys became quite impatient waiting for the video tape to rewind. He wanted to watch. He wanted to watch now. DVDs have taught our kids we just push a button and the magic of television comes to life. Videos make us wait.
The four-year old boy doesn't understand videos. I don't know if he thought I didn't know what I was doing.... what on earth was taking so long? He wanted to watch and he let me know as only a young child can (by saying it over and over and over) that he didn't want to wait. Watch Larry Boy, watch Larry Boy....
I get it. You want to watch Larry Boy.
Finally, after what seemed to be a good twenty minutes, the video had rewound and we were able to push the play button. The television screen was fuzzy for a moment, but finally the Veggie Tales theme song came to life. The boys danced and sang along. All was well with the world. The boys and I were all thankful the tape was ready to play.
Change. The world of videos has long gone except for the few homes which still have a video player. In our home we have videos which tout the advent of movies coming in the summer of 1995. Movies I have long forgotten are still in promo trailers on these relics. I also have a DVD player and two blue-rays at home.... because they're just better than a VHS player. And VHS tapes are a little hard to come by lately.
Time marches on. Things change.
But not everything changes. God is the same today as He was thousands of years ago. His faithfulness, His caring, His love and protection... all exactly the same as they were at the time of Moses. Abraham. Adam and Eve.
His rules haven't changed much either. Love God the most and love everyone else the way you love yourself. Loosely paraphrased.
Although I appreciate change with the advancement of things like Blue-Ray over VHS, I also love the fact that God's love for me never changes. I cannot do anything that would keep Him from loving me. It's impossible. No matter how impatient I become, or how I might tend to ignore Him because I'm swamped at home.... He remains the same.
I can do absolutely nothing that will put me outside of His ability to love, care and guide me.
There's a lot of comfort found in that. He is unchangeable. And not only that, God is unable to change. His love never ceases. His mercy endures from generaton to generation. His faithfulness... the same yesterday, today and always.
And for that I am very thankful.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the
heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17.
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