Romans 8:35-39

There I was, sitting in a cute little ice cream shop, ready to work on a blog post. No passage in mind yet, I flipped through the pages of my Bible and landed on a familiar set of verses in Romans 8:

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” (v.35)

I read the encouraging words slowly, soaking in the truth that nothing can separate me from God’s love. But then I got to the next verse:

“As...