Love Never Fails

Happy New Year!

Blog Post by Wendy Kauffman

This is my first blog of the New Year, but don't worry it is not going to be full of resolutions that I probably could not or would not keep.

These last few days have been such a whirlwind. 2 days ago, Our oldest son Jeremy was married to Sheri. Their wedding was beautiful, fun and full of fun times with family and friends. As Sheri put it today it was, "epic."  We are so proud of them and the new life they will build together.

During one of Jeremy's favorite songs, everyone pretty much got up and danced and as Jeff and I were dancing, Jeff said to me there are 3 generations of our family on this dance floor right now. We could look out the window and see the hospital that Jeremy was born in 22 1/2 years ago. It was a very sweet time.

One thing that was very hard about the day was the fact that we were all very worried about my Grandfather who was hospitalized on Wednesday. He went to the hospital to have a somewhat routine procedure done and ended up being admitted for some other pretty serious health issues he was having. It was hard at times to enjoy the moment of Jeremy and Sheri's new life together with thoughts of Grandpa being in the hospital very ill when we really wanted him to be with us.

As we got together yesterday evening as a family for New Years, we were all very tired from the events the day before, but, we did not want to pass up the opportunity to ring in the New Year together. It seemed the conversation during the night came back to life cycles and how quickly time goes by and how fast everything can change. That is definetly one thing that was so true about these last few days. Our lives change minute by minute.

Ringing in the New Year this year has made me think about how our lives do change so fast. There are so many variables to our lives and so many things that can go right and so many things that can go wrong. We never know what might come next.

Today though as I was helping my sister in the kitchen with our New Year's dinner, we were listening to some music and this song came on that brought me a great deal of comfort during these vastly changing times in our lives. The song is "Your Love Never Fails" by Jesus Culture.

Nothing can separate
Even if I ran away
Your love never fails
I know I still make mistakes
But You have new mercies for me everyday
Your love never fails
Chorus:
You stay the same through the ages
Your love never changes
There maybe pain in the night but joy comes in the morning
And when the oceans rage
I don't have to be afraid
Because I know that You love me
Your love never fails
Verse 2:
The wind is strong and the water's deep
But I'm not alone in these open seas
Cause Your love never fails
The chasm is far too wide
I never thought I'd reach the other side
But Your love never fails
Bridge:
You make all things work together for my good.

As we start a new year, with so many unknowns on this journey, I was so glad that God reminded me today that the Love that came to be with us will never leave us, never fail us or never run out. Today I remembered that in this ever changing life, there is one constant I can count on. My hope for you in this New Year is that you will know the Love that never fails, never leaves and never runs out.