Isaiah 49-51

"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; your walls are ever before me."

Yesterday I heard a sermon on the radio and the pastor was talking about the last days. I believe he was preaching from 2 Timothy 3:1-5 "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God - having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them."

He was talking about how loving oneself is true even between parents and their children. We already heard of many unbelievable incidents where children killed their parents for money or other selfish reasons and vice versa. I was reminded of how thankful I am to have godly and loving parents. However, that is not the case for many people. And I thought about being a good parent is very hard because we are all mere sinful people.

Today's passage talks about God's goodness and faithfulness. Even if everyone, even our own parents, in our life fails us, God will never abandon or forsake us. He is our eternal, loving father. He is always there to love us. Let us thank God for loving us. And let us strive to love others just the way he loves us.