Here is part of our New Testament reading, from St Paul’s second Letter to Timothy: ^‘Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory. The saying is sure: “If we have died with him, we shall also live with him; if we endure, we shall also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful – for he cannot deny himself”’. (2 Timothy 2:8-13)

Today, let us trust the faithfulness of God; ‘for He cannot deny Himself’; and may God be very close to you.