ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?

we are doing a project on a comprehensive story line of the bible... and it is RIDICULOUS!!! 

[and i mean that in a good way]

God is rocking my world with His goodness and faithfulness.

It is incredible to see how everything fits together -

How He is the God of Promise - - 

- who gave His promise to Abraham that He would BLESS him with a descendant who would be a blessing to all 

- who sustained this promise to Abraham's family by bringing them OUT OF  slavery and into their own land

- who again promised the HOPE of a coming descendent who would bless the world

- who taught his people [Abraham's family] what it looks like to seek the Lord ONLY by giving them laws

- who punished his people when they disobeyed so they would see how much they NEEDED him

- who gave HOPE and the promise of HEALING with every punishment 

- who used unexpected people to bring his message of RESTORATION 

- who constantly REMINDED his people they NEEDED him for breath, true life, and atonement for their sin

- who promised he would ALWAYS come after his people

- who promise he would NEVER fail them

- who promised he would always seek their GOOD, even when they couldn't understand the situation 

- who proved himself FAITHFUL to them time and time again, RESCUING, RESTORING, AND RENEWING

- who is the SAME God we serve today....

He is STILL faithful to his promises.... He still LONGS to restore us and renew us. to make us right with Him, through the Cross of Jesus Christ. 

I encourage you if you never have to read Isaiah... 

it is phenomenal 

[a little context for the book  -- Israel (God's people) has turned away from God and no longer loves Him, God CRAVES for his people to turn back to him, he has sent all these messengers to say "Hey, come back to me because I love you!" but they won't listen. So to teach them a lesson in the consequences of choosing to serve other things [like money, sex, and philosophy] He lets them be captured by their enemies the Babylonians... BUT NOT WITHOUT OFFERING THEM A PROMISE - -  that He will bring them home, restore them, heal them, and show them his LOVE!]