Five Minute Friday: "Promise"

 

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Growing up in a household where my dad never made any promises made it hard to understand that God always promises.  My dad never made promises because he wasn't going to be beholding to anything he couldn't do or provide.  My Holy Father can make all the promises He wants because He can and will provide and do exactly what He promised.

My struggles lately has been the worst of the year, yet His promises keep me going--they get me out of bed, feed me, get me through my day, and put me to sleep at night.

I'm holding tightly to the promises in Isaiah 54:1-5 (NIV):

“Sing, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband,”
says the Lord.
² “Enlarge the place of your tent,
    stretch your tent curtains wide,
    do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
    strengthen your stakes.
³ For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
    your descendants will dispossess nations
    and settle in their desolate cities.

⁴ “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
    Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
    and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
⁵ For your Maker is your husband—
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
    he is called the God of all the earth.

I need Him to keep being the Father, Husband, Brother, and Friend I so desperately need. 

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