God Knows My Name: Never Forgotten, Forever Loved

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“God is not like your earthly father. Difficult circumstances do not mean He has failed or abandoned you. He has not left you at the school gate. God does not forget the child He made. He has not put you to one side while He is busy with other people. He is not bored with you, and He did not leave you midproject. He adores you. In fact, He promises (and God is incapable of breaking a promise) in Joshua 1:5, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ He continually watches over you. ‘He [takes] great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing’ (Zeph. 3:17).” (source)

“God heals, restores, has plans for you, and utterly adores you!” (source)

“Song of Solomon 2:11–12 says, ‘See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth, the season of singing has come.’ Grieve, mourn, heal, and receive the amazing power of prayer. All those things are healthy and right. Lean on Jesus and allow Him to free you from the memories, the trauma, or the regret. When we hand over our questions, our struggles, and our bad memories to Jesus, they are gone, buried, removed, and separated from us forever.” (source)

“He walked a journey of horrific agony—pleading, being taunted—and He carried my cross, my death, my past, and my sin. His love was enough as He cried out, ‘It is finished!’ So now death and pain, brokenness and rejection, where are your sting? Everything I ever need in life is now accessible and available to me through His death.” (source)

“As we praise, we remind ourselves—our inmost being, our hearts, minds, and memories—that the Lord forgave us our past, took our life out of the mess we made of it, restored us to the glory we were created for, and crowned us with love and compassion. When we remember this, how can we spend any time worrying about the past?” (source)