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Who shall separate us? is the theme for our reflection.  To separate means to cause one thing or person to move or  be apart from the other. Paul laid emphasis on the inseparable love of Christ to those who are saved.

There are two major categories of things that can adversely affect the relationship of two people or separate people from the love they have for each other. These are human and non-human causes. A person or group of persons may decide to device an evil plan to separate one person from the other, it is for this reason Paul wrote that “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (Romans 8:35) Although human beings may separate two people through the aforementioned ways, no one can use that which is humanly possible to separate us from love of Christ. God demonstrated this love to Christ. Although the enemies of Jesus made him go through  persecution, crucifixion and death, God resurrected Him on the third day. No one through an an evil act or wickedness can separate us from the love Christ! In Christ, we live!

The second category are non-human causes or occurrences. This are things we usually have no control over either because they happen as result of a natural disaster or they are supernatural. Paul captured them as “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39). It is for this reason Paul reminds us again in Romans 14:8-9 that “For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.” Beloved in the Lord, you are never alone,  Jesus loves and cares for you even in your most challenging moments.

My dear friend, the love of a person ends with death but the love of Christ is active in our lives and transcends death. It is an everlasting and insperable love. Lent reminds us of His love, “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8) Shalom.

PRAYER

Lord Jesus, let your everlasting and insperable love cause us to remain faithful to you in every situation we find ourselves. Amen.