June '26
"...And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age." - Jesus This was the very first bible verse I memorized. I went to my first funeral when I was around 7 or 8 years old. That is a story for another day, but it made me afraid of death. I was afraid of my family dying and I was afraid of God dying. I was afraid of being alone. So, I found myself clinging to Jesus' words right after the great commission in Matthew 28: "surely I am with you always to the very end of the age." It's probably not (correction: definitely not) a coincidence that this is the verse for June. I need this verse right now. I need to know that Jesus isn't going anywhere. The past few weeks have held some very scary and hard days for my family. The Lord has us, but it has been rough. It's been almost 30 years since I first learned this verse and yet, I find myself still afraid that He will leave. I can so easily go back to that 7 ye...