The One who holds the universe together will not let go of you.

托住宇宙万有的上帝，永不抛弃我们。

You remain the same, and your years will never end. Psalm 102:27

惟有祢永不改变，祢的年数没有穷尽！-诗篇102篇27节

My friend, who had gone through many difficulties recently, wrote, “As I reflect on the past four semesters of student life, so many things have changed . . . . It is scary, really scary. Nothing stays forever.”

有位朋友最近经历了许多困难，她写了这段话：“当我回首过去四个学期的学生生活，好多事情都改变了……好可怕，真的好可怕。没有什么是永远不变的。”

Indeed, many things can happen in two years—a career change, newfound friendship, illness, death. Good or bad, a life-altering experience may be lurking just around the corner, waiting to pounce! We simply don’t know. What great comfort, then, to know that our loving heavenly Father does not change.

的确，两年内可以发生很多事，例如：转换工作、交到新朋友、生病或死亡。不管好事或坏事，改变我们一生的事随时都可能发生，根本无法预料！然而，令人感到安慰的，就是知道我们慈爱的天父永不改变。

The psalmist says, “You remain the same, and your years will never end” (Ps. 102:27). The implication of this truth is immense. It means that God is forever loving, just, and wise. As Bible teacher Arthur W. Pink so wonderfully states: “Whatever the attributes of God were before the universe was called into existence, they are precisely the same now, and will remain so forever.”

诗人曾说：“惟有祢永不改变，祢的年数没有穷尽”（诗篇102篇27节）。其中的真理意义深远，说明了上帝永远慈爱、公义且满有智慧。圣经教师宾克（Arthur W. Pink）曾对此有精辟的论述：“上帝在创世以前所拥有的属性，现在也完全一样，未来也永远不会改变。”

In the New Testament, James writes, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows” (James 1:17). In our changing circumstances, we can be assured that our good God will always be consistent to His character. He is the source of everything good, and everything He does is good.

在新约圣经中，雅各写道：“各样美善的恩赐和各样全备的赏赐都是从上头来的，从众光之父那里降下来的；在祂并没有改变，也没有转动的影儿”（雅各书1章17节） 。在这多变的世界中，我们永远都可以坚信，这位美善的上帝永不改变祂的属性。祂是一切美好事物的泉源，祂所做的都是美善。

It may seem that nothing lasts forever, but our God will remain consistently good to those who are His own.

世上似乎没有任何事物能存到永远，但我们的上帝却永远都会恩待一切属祂的人。

Lord, You are the One who never changes, and You are so good to us. Calm our hearts today with the grace and peace that come only from You.

亲爱的主，祢永不改变，祢永远以慈爱恩待我们。
求祢以平安和恩典，亲自安抚我们的心。

Psalm 102:25-28New International Version (NIV)

25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.
27 But you remain the same,
    and your years will never end.
28 The children of your servants will live in your presence;
    their descendants will be established before you.”

整理：于姊妹