Has God Forgotten Me?

I recently aquired a new devotional called Inspiring Words for Women by Darlene Sala. I highly recommend this book for us girls by the way, especially when you don't want the usual Daily Bread. Anyway when I flipped to the topic for today, under When Tough Times Come: Inspiration for Days When you Feel Like Quitting.  And sure enough, that day has never felt like today. The Christian walk is not all about walking in sunshine and flowery paths; it is actually a rocky, difficult climb uphill. You know you should be looking up to God. But with the problems we have now, it feels easier to look down below and quit.

I have a friend who recently lost his laptop (stolen is more like it). The same thing would almost have happened to me a few days ago, and I honestly don't know how I would be able to face it. I know how it feels to lose something so important to you, that everything you worked hard for and everything you accumulated is gone in just a snap. Or when in marriage, you feel like you have given it all and yet your partner just doesn't seem to appreciate anything you do or doesn't want to work it out. Walking out seems to be the easier solution.

So what do we do? Darlene says, "You can be sure that the One who died for you will never forget you or forsake you." Isaiah 49:14-15 says "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you." Though the situation seems hopeless, God will never abandon us; in fact He has written our names in His hand!

There is a song that goes, You're holding me now in your hands, I believe you'll never let me go..."

No, we don't give up, but we hold on to the One Higher than us.