Isaiah 51: ¹⁵ For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar. My name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. ¹⁶ And I have put my words in your mouth and hidden you safely in my hand. I stretched out the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundations of the earth. I am the one who says to Israel, ‘You are my people!’”

I am thankful that God is my God... that He is the creator and my God...

I look at the verse that says "I have put my words in your mouth" and I think.. hmmmm... idk if that is true all the time!! while I do better with the things I say.. surely I am not where God is putting all the words in my mouth... or is He? maybe the truth of it is that He is in control of ALL things.. and I wouldn't be able to say anything without Him allowing it... that all of the words of my mouth.. even the wrong ones.. are used by God as learning experiences to teach me to do better each day than the day before...

He has hidden me safely in His hand... nothing can reach me that He has not allowed.. so He is limiting the things that can come near me.. not everything or everyone can get near me or hurt me or even do me good... He limits my life situations with His knowledge of what I can manage at the moment... and that is a true gift...

and He says He is my God and I am His people... and words cannot even express how thankful I am that He desires me to be His people... because I am not always a wonderful person... yet He loves me anyways... that is a gift that words cannot even express gratitude for...

sometimes I look at how people treat me.. whether it be good or bad.. and relate it to how I treat God... and I many times think I am so lucky that He hasn't destroyed me for the way that I treat Him... I have surely left many people for less.... and yet He stands with me.. trying to get me to see His endless love for me.. trying to get me to accept it... trying to get me to return it... and for that I am so grateful....