Not Going As Expected

Good Morning!! Shattered Dreams are a part of life,...children die, husbands leave, jobs are lost, cancer tests come back positive, proposals are rejected, teenagers rebel, houses burn, terrorists attack,...and the list goes on. Part of the pain is the feeling that God has forgotten us, grown deaf to our cries,...or lost our address.
"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.—Isaiah 49:15 (NIV)

The Bible speaks to these feelings. Zion cried, "The LORD has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me" (Isaiah 49:14). David lamented, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?  Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?  O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent" (Psalm 22: 1, 2).  Even Jesus called out from the cross, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46) I have cried, "Where are you, God. How could you do this to me? Have you forgotten all about me?" Then He answered me, with today's scripture.

Yes, the string around His finger, the brand on His palm, the scar on His heart. No, He doesn’t forget.

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Father God, we thank You for Your amazing love. When our hopes and dreams are shattered, and we don't understand, we choose to believe You. And when we cannot see Your hand, we will trust Your heart. Thank You that before we were planned, or wanted by human hearts and minds,...we were planned and wanted in Your heart and mind. Amen.

"A relationship with God, like all relationships, must begin with trust.
Ultimately trust begins with the courage to believe."