For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Read that list again slowly: death, life, angels, rulers, present, future, powers, height, depth, anything else in all creation. Paul isn't being poetic for effect — he's trying to close every exit. He's naming every category of thing a person in the ancient world might have feared could come between them and being loved.
Maybe your list looks different — mistakes, distance from faith, years of not thinking about God at all, doubt itself. It's worth asking: is doubt on Paul's list? Failure? The answer he gives is that nothing in all creation makes the cut. Not because those things aren't real, but because the love in question was never based on your performance to begin with.
That's a claim you can test, not just accept. What would it mean if it were actually true for you, specifically, today?
If you've ever assumed you've drifted too far to be loved, this verse is worth sitting with a little longer.
A short video on this is coming soon — for now, read on.