Graven in His Hand

Tonight, I had a simple yet profound encounter. I felt so discouraged tonight about so many things and I just haven't been feeling like I really ever do enough, because there's always so much more to be done. So tonight, I looked up at the stars...and nothing happened, lol. I still felt inadequate. So I just kept staring up at that big sky filled with lights, and this truth slowly started to dawn on me: The God who made each of those stars loves me. He isn't mad at me, He isn't annoyed and disappointed. Yes, He's always growing me and sometimes disciplines me, but all because He's madly in love with me. Yes, I said madly because how madly in love with someone do you have to be to leave heaven and die for them. I think we should remember that more often. He is not casual about His children. He is pursuing them. And when we forget who He is, He never forgets us. "...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. Praise God.