Isaiah 49:15, 16 
“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! 
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; 
your walls are ever before me.” (NIV)

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To God, you are unforgettable. 

This truth is so much better than a song. 

Jesus didn’t get a tattoo with your name. Instead, he received engraving on his hands. 

“For the joy set before him,” Hebrews 12:2 tells us, “he endured the cross.”

When we look at those nail-scarred hands, we experience grief. When he looks at them, he experiences joy. He endured the cross so that we could be with him forever. 

When he was on the cross, we were on his mind. 

God knows your name. He knows all about you. He loves you with an everlasting love. He relentlessly and lovingly draws you to himself. His compassion is endless. His tender love for you overflows.

Here is a verse worth committing to memory. Here is a truth to build your life on. 

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I will receive God’s compassionate care, and I will pass it along to those who have yet to receive it.

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Our Father, you truly love us with an everlasting love. You have nothing left to prove. You have withheld nothing in your mission to express your love to us. Give us each the good sense to say Yes to this most wonderful offer. Amen.