love. Isa41:10

Isa41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.


At this point you may be wondering what that title has to do with that verse... or maybe you didn't even notice they don't typically go together. Well, Something happened to day that includes both.


Once we got off the cruise ship, we went to get breakfast. (since it was about 7am, and we'd been up since 5) We had just cleared our plates, and I went to go to the bathroom before we hit the road for the drive home. I come back to Granny and Papa arguing as is not unusual. Papa gets up to pay, and Granny and I begin to head to the car where I am informed He was miffed because I hadn't said thank you. This baffled me as I have always waited until the end of the meal, and once it's paid for, to say thank you so I know who I am thanking. I did not say thank you at all for that meal as I was rather upset myself that he was mad for something he didn't give me a chance to do. (still wondering where the verse comes in? keep reading..)

As I am trying to make sense of it all (and complaining in my head about how unreasonable and stupid he usually is) I realized though, it was unreasonable for him to be upset at that point, my attitude then was not any better.

I know the love of God is unconditional. I know love is an action, and an attitude. My pride had burst forth, and then my heart weighed heavy with knowing I had once again failed in being what I ought to be as a child of God. I wondered in my heart and in my very soul, how could God love me like he does? I can not even love my grandfather as I ought to, I know I fail in loving God. I asked God why He made me when He knew I would always fail and be no good to Him. He replied with that verse.

I know a few purposes of my life are to serve Jesus Christ, to love people enough to tell them of Him, and to have a relationship with Him myself.




I know I can never be righteous. I can not do as I ought all my life, though I may try, and am to do all in my power to do all to His glory and honor. He will hold me up in His righteousness-He made me righteous in the eyes of the Father with His death on Calvary. He will help me, and strengthen me as I work and live for Him. He is with me, and I can depend on Him to fill in where I fail.