{"id":5631,"date":"2015-10-07T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=5631"},"modified":"2015-10-07T07:51:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T11:51:15","slug":"worship-wednesday-he-knows-my-name-francesca-battistelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=5631","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – He Knows My Name – Francesca Battistelli"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: Alan Grant, Pinterest.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Thus says the LORD, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine<\/strong>! “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.<\/span> “For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”<\/em> – Isaiah 43:1-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. <\/em>“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands<\/strong>“. – <\/em>Isaiah 49:15-16<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

My older brother, Robert,\u00a0struggled for much of his adult life with anger and depression. Then toward the end of his life (he died young really from a lethal cardiac event), it was more regret. God in His mercy, before Robert died, was able to pierce through the bitterness. We saw our brother begin to live more in hope, allowing God to speak truth to his heart and allowing us to begin to get closer to him. I wish we had had more time…but Robert had enough time to know God’s love for him, and that’s what mattered most.<\/p>\n

For some of those years, after a second divorce and during a time of great grief in the death of his son, he lived with our parents. Our Mom believed in the life-giving power of words. On his bedroom wall was the print above\u00a0(from a painting by Alan Grant). These verses from God’s Word have always been a comfort to me – in remembering my brother…and in other situations since then when I’m tempted to wonder if God is at work in my life…in me.<\/p>\n

If you are in a time of wondering…whether who you are matters or whether what you’re doing has any significance…take heart in the character of God. He is a God who remembers…and He is a God who knows everything about you and loves you. Your name is known to Him…because that is the kind of God He is.<\/p>\n

Worship<\/a> with me, singing\/listening to the lovely lyrics of this Francesca Battistelli song (lyrics follow).<\/p>\n