Isaiah 43 -- LOVE Hearing God Talk To Me Like This!

So much I needed to hear from Him today:

“I created you … I formed you … Don’t be afraid, because I have saved you.  I have called you by name, and you are Mine … I will be with you … I, the Lord, am your God … You are precious to Me … I give you honor and love you … Don’t be afraid, because I am with you.  I will bring your children from the east, and gather you from the west … Bring My sons from far away … Bring to me all the people who are mine, whom I made for My glory, whom I formed and made … I chose You so you would know and believe Me, so you would understand that I am the true God … There was no God before Me, and there will be no God after Me.  I Myself am the Lord; I am the only Savior.  I Myself have spoken to you, saved you, and told you these things … You are My witnesses, and I am God … FORGET what happened before, and do not think about the past.  Look at the new thing I am going to do.  It is already happening … I did not weigh you down with sacrifices … Instead you have weighed Me down with your many sins; you have made Me tired of your many wrongs … I am the One who forgives ALL your sins, for MY sake; I will not remember your sins.  But you should remind me.  Let’s meet and decide what is right.

Father, thank You for remembering that I am precious to you, and thank You for forgiving and forgetting my sins.  Thank You for choosing me to know and believe You, and for helping me to understand that You are the true God.  Thank You for bringing my children from the east, gathering us from the west.  Thank You for bringing my sons from far away!  Thank You for telling me to forget what happened before and to forget about the past, as You have.  I love the new thing You are still doing in me.  Thank You for forgiving all my sins, for Your sake; thank You for choosing not to remember them.  I love You!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford