When You Think God Is Tired of You
I Will Not Forget You
You have asked for forgiveness so many times it no longer feels real. You feel like you have worn out your welcome. This passage speaks directly to that fear and refuses to let it stand.
Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.Isaiah 49:15-16 (ESV)
God uses the most primal image of human care -- a nursing mother -- and says: my commitment to you exceeds even that. Then goes further: engraved. Not written in pencil. Not a note that gets lost or fades. Engraved. Permanent. You are not forgettable to God -- not after one fall, not after a hundred.
I feel like I have worn you out, Lord. I do not feel remembered or wanted. I am asking you to speak into that. Help me believe I am engraved -- that I have not been forgotten, even now. Amen.
Open the chat companion and say this one honest thing: "I am afraid God is tired of me." Let that honesty be a small beginning.