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✝️ He’s the Same; Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

I find it amazing how Scripture doesn’t just tell stories—it captures our stories. Thirty years ago, when I was at one of the lowest points of my life, someone handed me a Bible. No instructions. No directions. Just a Bible.

A little while later, my mom encouraged me to read the Psalms. I didn’t realize it then, but that simple act was God’s hand guiding me—setting a monument I would look back on decades later.

Years after that, I would fall into depression. At first, I didn’t even know I was depressed; I just felt stuck. And that’s exactly what it felt like—stuck in a pit with no way out. Psalm 40:1–2 says:

“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”

When David wrote those words, he didn’t just describe my life—he prophesied over it. Depression was that horrible pit. It was a slippery slope of “miry clay,” where every attempt to get out seemed to drag me deeper. But God…

He reached down when I couldn’t pull myself up.
He set my feet on something solid when everything felt shaky.
He gave me purpose and direction when I felt lost.

That moment all those years ago—someone handing me a Bible, my mom’s simple advice—was God planting a flag in my story. It wasn’t just a verse for that day; it was a promise for this day.

And now I see Him in hindsight. And because I can see Him in hindsight, I have insight into His goodness—and foresight to trust His plan for tomorrow.

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

  • Yesterday, He was the God who reached into my pit.

  • Today, He’s the God who steadies my steps.

  • Tomorrow, He’ll be the God who leads me forward.

If you’re in a horrible pit today, or if you feel like your feet are stuck in miry clay, hold on. Cry out to Him. He hears you. He’s setting up monuments in your life that you’ll look back on and worship Him for.

You won’t stay in that pit forever. He’s already written your rescue into His story.

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