Luke 21:29-33: The Permanence of Christ's Words

Lord Jesus Christ, everything in my life passes away.  Nothing is permanent, except your words of love.  They are permanent, and they don't change.  Your love for me doesn't fluctuate with my performance.  You don't love me more when I'm obedient and less when I'm disobedient.  Praise be to you for such a foundation on which I can build my life!  Make your redeeming love the drive of my life so that others may see your joy in me and long for the hope your salvation gives to us.

You compare the advent of the Kingdom of God to the arrival of summer.  You know that summer is my favorite season.  It is a time for long and sunny days, warm weather, cookouts, and vacations. In other words, it's a time of happiness.  Summer is an apropos image for the Kingdom of God where the joy that comes from your love will know no bounds and where your glory will be a sun that never sets.  But just as we have to pass through the doldrums of winter to get to summer, so we'll have to pass through many trials and tribulations to get into the kingdom.  May your love, alive in us, grant us the victory.