Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Isaiah 49:14-18
by: Victoria Shephard.
This passage always gives me chills, especially verse 16. I think of the nails going into Jesus’ hands at the crucifixion and think of all he did for me. “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands” (v. 16). Those nails have our names on them. We are the reason he was born, and we are the reason he died. He chose to die so that we might live. God never forgets his children. On the contrary, his redeeming love is the reason Jesus came and the reason for our hope.