At low points in our lives, we rationalize our depression by claiming that even God has abandoned us. This is an ancient complaint; Isaiah heard it 7 centuries before Jesus was born. "The lord has forsaken me; my lord has forgotten me." (Is 49: 14). The answer is given as a question: "Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb?" (Is 49:15) We know that can't happen, and so rightly Isaiah continues: "Even should she forget, I will never forget you." (Is 49:15). How reassuring, how consoling! Jesus also speaks of his Father's fidelity as he speaks of the love he has experienced. Wherever we are today, whatever our frame of mind, let us remember that even if our own mother forgets us, God never will.
Bro. Rene
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