Hey! Sorry for the late post everyone!

I love the passages where God talks in first person. It's almost as if He's talking right to me, and so it becomes much more personal.

The latter portion of the passage was what really moved me and made me think about my own relationship with God. I feel like I've become really accustomed to God as an all forgiving, always there for you kind of figure.. so when I read the first half of Isaiah 43, I found myself just skimming right through cause it was all stuff I heard before and knew in my mind.

Isaiah 43: 18-28
I don't think I've ever read any passage like this before
I was reminded of how often my relationship with God is like this.
I'm cleansed and healed and I can "Forget the former things; [and] not dwell on the past." Yet I never call to God and devote myself to Him any more than I used to when all was wrong.
Simply put, it's so easy for me to take his blessing for granted. If we put this in a human context... So let's say I lose hours of studying because my best friend needs to rant. Because I listen and share my time and buy her comfort food and like, do everything I can to help her, I do poorly on my exam. I would be expecting reciprocation of some sort -- keep in mind , we're talking in the humanistic sense right now.. the real and not the ideal -- and if all she says is, Thanks! you're the best, and doesn't go out of her way to do anything for me when I need her love and attention... I guess that would really suck for me.

Same thing with me and God.. He gave me Jesus and I give him like 2 minutes of half hearted prayer and wishing Sunday services would be shorter.

I don't know if this really makes sense, but that's how I applied it!

I'm working on really building that relationship back up stronger with God. Last week has been really great and filled with blessing for me. I want this to be God doing a new thing in my life, and I want to really love God back as much as I can for never letting go. :) !!!



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