Routine. I like it. But I grow weary of it…until it’s gone. And then I miss its beauty, the comfort it can bring, and the calm that it instills within me.

In the consistent functioning of His creation, God provides routines: the sun rises and sets; the seasons come and go; the rains fall, and the sun returns. In each of these there is a God-given beauty, comfort, and security-providing calm.

Though God gives us variety and change to enjoy, to grow us, to lead us, He remains the same. Unchanging. Ever faithful. Ever true.

So when my comfortable, familiar routine meets the realities of the ever-changing world around me, it’s my reminder to look to the One Who does not change. It’s time to seek His guidance as I form a new routine, a new normal, and a renewed knowledge of His consistent love and leading in my life.

“‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty'” (Revelation 1:8, ESV).

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8, ESV).

“For I the Lord do not change…” (Malachi 3:6, ESV).