Always

It is late (or very early), but I have been thinking about the word always. I don't want to over analyze things (although the risk for that is really quite low), but I think that there are mysteries and valuable lessons contained in details.

In school the word always is a big red flag in true or false questions. That one word stands out because it is rarely, if ever correct. Chemistry is one place that comes to mind. Elements never react the same way every time. How interesting is it that it is one of God's most defining attributes, yet here on earth we see the word always and automatically assume it is false? I think this is one of the concepts my little mortal brain can't quite get a good hold on. I have faith that it is true and I have evidence of it in the scriptures. Someday I will understand the breadth and scope of that word.

Here are a few of those scriptures-
Doctrine and Covenants 62:9 Behold, the kingdom is yours. And behold, and lo, I am with the faithful always. Even so. Amen.

Mosiah 29:12 Now it is better that a man should be judged of God than of man, for the judgments of God are always just, but the judgments of man are not always just.
What a relief that is to know that His judgments are always just! We can know exactly where we stand and what we can improve on.

Mosiah 4:12 And behold, I say unto you that if ye do this ye shall always rejoice, and be filled with the love of God, and always retain a remission of your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory of him that created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and true.
I came across this scripture a couple of weeks ago and found such joy in it. What a wonderful peace that comes from knowing the constancy and unchanging nature of God and His plan.

2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Doctrine and Covenants 108:8 And behold, and lo, I am with you to bless you and deliver you forever. Amen.
I love the simplicity and directness in this one. It is a fact. He wants to bless us always.

Moroni 7:47 But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.
His love endures forever. This is a blessing that I am working on understanding, accepting and welcoming with the hope that one day I will be able to emulate Him.

In a world that is constantly changing I am filled with gratitude and peace to know that there is someone I can always rely on.

Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.