promises...

Isaiah 43: 1 But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. 2 When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you. 3 For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place. 4 Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.

as God was teaching me about headship and submission... I went through this crazy time that I felt like God no longer loved me the most... I really had a hard time with having a head and needing to submit to anyone other than God Himself... and during this time.. any promises God gave me.. seemed like they must be for the head.. since he was the 'important' one... and I felt like I didn't matter the same as I used to...

yesterday.. I was reminded of this promise in the scripture above.. that was given to me by God.. and I realized.. this is for me.. all by myself too... maybe the person connected to me would also get the same promise... but the promise was given to me by God... for me.. so whatever goes on with him... God still has promises for me too... and he can choose to be part of them.. or not.. that is between him and Jesus.. but I still need to realize that God has promises just for me... and I am so thankful for that...

He called me by name... nothing will consume me.. others were given in exchange for me.. their lives were traded for mine.. because I am precious to Him... I am honored.. and He loves me...

Thank you Father! I love you too!