“Can a mother  forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?  Though she may forget, I will not forget you!  See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.   Isaiah 49:15-16

     This verse is about God’s promise to bring his people out of captivity in Babylon and return them to their homeland Jerusalem. God’s people doubted this and thought God had abandoned them. This verse is a prophecy he would not forget them and would reconcile them to their ruined city to rebuild again.

     When I read this scripture verse in Isaiah about a year ago, my intellectual understanding of God’s love for me was transformed into a spiritual appreciation that sank down and settled right into my spirit. He has me on his mind, he has my name marked on his hand. It was almost a gasp of profound understanding of the scarifice he made by sending his son to die on the cross for my sins. Sins I would no doubt commit thousands of years later as a result of being human flesh and blood.

     God nevers forgets about us or leaves us alone. There may be times we don’t think or feel he is close, but he is. We don’t always take the time to get in his word or presence in order to feel and know he is there. God always knows where we are. He’s there even when we make mistakes or make a huge mess that seems irreparable. He still loves us even when we sin. He helps us acknowledge our sins and turn from them.

     I picture him walking alongside me and telling me that we will work on this together. That I don’t have to accomplish this in my power. But, through his strength he will help me grow. This takes a lot of pressure off of me, because instead of trying to accomplish things in my own power, I rely on his strength.

     No matter what you’ve done in your past, no matter how messed up your life has been or is now, God loves you. He doesn’t exclude anyone. All have access to him because of the sacrifice Jesus made for us on the cross.

     There’s a song by the Christian music group Pocket Full of Rocks titled “Worth Everything”. This song is a great example of Christ’s love for us. The last few verses are my favorite and sum it up best:

“….There’s no one else like you. You are precious to the King.

He calls you chosen. He calls you child.

Listen close you’ll hear him, as he says you’re worth everything.”

     He loves you. He chose you. He has a plan for your life he wrote long ago. He has a plan for your future. He has an eternal gift that you can neither earn nor lose. He wants to use you to further his kingdom!

God bless you!

Tiffany