After reading Isaiah 49:13-16…
13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O
earth; burst into song, O mountains! For
the Lord comforts his people and will
have compassion on his afflicted ones.
14 But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken
me, the Lord has forgotten me."
15 "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!
16 See, I have engraved you on the
palms of my hands; your walls are ever
before me.
Lord, your palms form protective walls;
You have written our names upon them.
We sing psalms, Selah,^
for the comfort of reception.
Though utterly improbable,
should a mother shun, abandon
any child, expose them to trouble,
You are the Abba of our blessed adoption.^^
You say that for each of us
You inscribe a stone.+
I can picture you holding out
a palm for reference.
You won’t let our adopted names
ever be forgotten.
Just as your Name
can be called on any time,
each of ours is kept safe,++
we’ll see ‘em on stones of Paradise.*
__________
^ Meaning of "Selah" in the Hebrew scriptures
^^ New Covenant teaching of adoption
+ Meaning of white stone in Revelation
++ Psalms 37:23-24 and John 10:27-30
* Or at least, Paradise-like stones, given that a
case can be made for a distinction between
Heaven & Paradise.
All Scripture text quoted above in italics is taken from the
HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. Copyright © 1973,
1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of
Zondervan. All rights reserved.
13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O
earth; burst into song, O mountains! For
the Lord comforts his people and will
have compassion on his afflicted ones.
14 But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken
me, the Lord has forgotten me."
15 "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!
16 See, I have engraved you on the
palms of my hands; your walls are ever
before me.
Lord, your palms form protective walls;
You have written our names upon them.
We sing psalms, Selah,^
for the comfort of reception.
Though utterly improbable,
should a mother shun, abandon
any child, expose them to trouble,
You are the Abba of our blessed adoption.^^
You say that for each of us
You inscribe a stone.+
I can picture you holding out
a palm for reference.
You won’t let our adopted names
ever be forgotten.
Just as your Name
can be called on any time,
each of ours is kept safe,++
we’ll see ‘em on stones of Paradise.*
__________
^ Meaning of "Selah" in the Hebrew scriptures
^^ New Covenant teaching of adoption
+ Meaning of white stone in Revelation
++ Psalms 37:23-24 and John 10:27-30
* Or at least, Paradise-like stones, given that a
case can be made for a distinction between
Heaven & Paradise.
All Scripture text quoted above in italics is taken from the
HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. Copyright © 1973,
1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of
Zondervan. All rights reserved.
