He is faithful. He never changes. He is always good.

Early this morning I went out to the back porch to spend some time reading and praying.  I got outside and it was really dark.  It had rained throughout the night and the sun wasn't out yet.  The sky was covered in clouds.  As the time passed the sun slowly started to come out.  There was a point when a song came on my iPod called "Picture of Your Love" by Luke Wood.  God always seems to orchestrate things like this, but the lyrics are absoutely beautiful and it is such a beautiful image of God's presence and faithfulness even in the darkness, in the shadow of death.





Your love is the rock that I cling to

Your name is the tower that I run in to
Your strength is what lifts my head when it's bowed low
Your song is the light that shines through my window

And after the rain has fallen
And after the clouds all roll away
The sweetest name remains on my soul

And like the sun after all of the rain's gone
The morning without any cloud comes
With a picture of your love
And when I think of the stars so high over me
The moon in the darkness let's everyone see
A picture of your love

You're faithful you're always the same
You're faithful Lord you never change
You're faithful you're always good you're always good

And though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I have no doubt that you've already gone ahead
By fire by night by cloud by day

And though ten thousand fall to my right and my left
Under the shadow of the most high I find my rest
By fire by night by cloud by day

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."  Psalm 23: 4


The presence of a shadow and the presence of darkness implies that there has to be a light.  There cannot be a shadow without light.  God is that light.  God is there in the shadow.  God is there in the darkness.  Throughout our walk with God we go through hard times, dark times.  Times where we doubt and question.  Times when we cannot see God.  But God is there.  


He is faithful.  
He never changes.  
He is always good.