I love the book of Isaiah. It is my favorite book of the Bible. Beginning around chapter 40 and going through to 50. I find so much comfort in it. It reminds us of who is really in charge; something that I find very important today amid all the economic strife. It also reminds me just how big He really is; something our finite mind could never truly grasp, but Isaiah helps us to try. It points out how He has chosen us and we are more important to Him than anything. If we ever wonder which way to go, all we need do is ask (and we can trust His answer to be right) Read these chapters for yourself, He will say to you exactly what you need to hear. These are just a few of the wonderful, rich words that have seen me through a lot of difficult times. I have note after note scrawled all through these pages. It's fun to go to my ipad and read these verses from The Message. (I've downloaded The Message, what a wild and crazy world) I like to mark certain scriptures as prayers for people in my life. Isaiah 46:3&4 was marked for my dad and it remained true for him until God took him home. The Message says this: "I've been carrying you on my back from the day you were born, and I'll keep on carrying you when you're old. I'll be there, bearing you when you're old and gray. I've done it and will keep on doing it, carrying you on my back, saving you." It truly blows me away to realize, as I read Isaiah, that the God, the one and only God of the universe holds my hand on this journey and won't let go all the way to the end. And that is just the beginning.