Sunday Rantings

⁸ “But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,
⁹ I took you from the ends of the earth,
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
¹⁰ So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

¹¹ “All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.
¹² Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.
¹³ For I am the LORD your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
¹⁴ Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,
little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help you,” declares the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁵ “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,
new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.
¹⁶ You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up,
and a gale will blow them away.
But you will rejoice in the LORD
and glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:8-16

Today has just been one of those days. It started off with our oldest going bonkers over not finding something. Not good. We are fervently praying that he will find the Lord. He is so lost. The day kind of whir winded from there. Almost typical Sunday morning! Our God is faithful. The watering and planting, tending and sowing that we put into our children's lives will NOT be in vain. I can't imagine what it was like for God to watch His son suffer and fall under persecution. How much more do you think that He understands us? He weeps for us when we are broken and struggling and rejoices with us when we finally "get" it. What an amazing Saviour we have. I have got to remember this when it just seems that nothing is going to get better and I want to give up. Raising kids is hard. Really hard. I never knew how difficult it was going to be. You try to give them direction, you try to speak into their lives and they look at you like your crazy. My son has taken to calling me psycho because I have been enforcing boundries in our house. O to be 14. But how much does this parellel to the Bible and our relationship to God? He tries to point us in the right direction over and over and over and over. He tries to make Himself real in our lives and WE constantly shut Him out. Lord forgive us! Help us to trust, listen and obey you! For You alone are our Mighty Fortress and Deliverer. If we could just "get it", but then we wouldn't need a Saviour would we. Sigh....