Two Postings in a Row

Okay Okay, I know...two nights in a row Victoria, seriously? Sorry, I just finished my quiet time for the day, and I just have a few things I'd like to share with the world.

Lately I've been reading Isaiah. By lately, I mean I started it at the beginning of the summer and kind of left off somewhere in the 40th chapter until the Lord recently brought me back to the wonderful book of Isaiah. I've been struggling a lot lately with being lonely and in missing Bobby, plus there are always people on my heart. So tonight I read 45 and 46, and here are some of the highlights I made:

"I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord." - 45:3
Wow. Here God is, flat out telling us that He will hide special things for us. You know the expression, "there's always light at the end of the tunnel"? Where here is the light people. Right there, in scripture. God is saying there are treasures in darkness. We just have to be patient (eh, sucky, right?) and know that somewhere in our time(s) of darkness, God has a treasure in store, if not just you getting out of the darkness.

"I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me." -45:5
You know that little box I was talking about in yesterday's post? That's what I'm talking about. Yet, He still strengthens us even though we ignore and push His away.

"you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried since your birth Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you, I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." -46:4
Again, wow. He planned your conception, your birth, and everything in between. He will never let us go. He is the only one there witnessing every tiny second of your life. He will sustain us and rescue us.

"What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.
Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are far from righteousness. I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed." -46:11-13
The plan. Even though right now I may be in a time of darkness, and I am so stubborn that I try (and fail) to do things my own way, His will will succeed. Right now I am in a tunnel of darkness, and those that weigh heavily on my heart are too, but His salvation will not be delayed. He is God and He cannot be stopped. He will save us.

***On a side note, if you ever want prayer, PLEASE tell me, Facebook, phone, email, anything. I'm yours. I believe in the power of prayer.