Romans 8:31-39
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
When I tell people that I teach the Explorer Girls Conquerors’ class (the High School girls), they often give me sympathetic glances and mention that they couldn’t handle older girls. But I love working with them. They’ve learned life lessons and had experiences that helped shape the way they think and act. And every day, the depth of their life experience grows and broadens, as they add new lessons.
I enjoy sharing stories of my youth with my girls, to prove to them that there are a lot more similarities between us than they may think.
We all fight with our friends sometimes.
We all have moments when we feel less than confident in our abilities or our physical appearance.
We all have big questions that are hard to answer.
I encourage my girls to go to God’s Word to find the support they need to get through the tough days.
I try to remind them that no matter what, we’re never alone, because God is on our side.
This passage brings me great comfort, and I find myself turning to it on days when I feel weak.
When our lives seem full of uncertainties and questions, this passage is full of assurance, confidence, strength and victory.
Because if we belong to God, we are never alone.
If we belong to God, nobody can take us away from Him.
If we belong to God, we are all Conquerors.