Complete and utter blowing of the mind

So last night I was watching daystar (Christian channel) and this lady was telling about her housekeeper who was really supernaturally close to God. One of the things that her housekeeper told her she does every morning is greet God who she says is sitting at the edge of her bed and thank Him for watching over her throughout the night. I thought that was absolutely amazing. So that's what I did this morning. I thanked Him and acknowledged His presence. And you know what happened? I literally saw the words "Isaiah 43:2". So I looked it up. It was underlined in my Bible and this is what it said (staring from the middle of verse one) "“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
² When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
³ For I am the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I give Egypt for your ransom,
Cush^[a] and Seba in your stead."

I thanked God because I really needed to read something like that. I've been really going through trials and struggles lately. Then I started talking to God and he put the scripture " “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." in my mind. Then he told me to look in my devotional book and turn to a random page. I opened it up to September 17 and....there was that exact same verse.

Coincidence? Nope.

A lot of times I forget just how much God really loves me. The fact that He would do all that just to strengthen and encourage me proves that He really is listening and that I'm really not alone. I think we need to acknowledge His presence more, because it's not like He never leaves us. He's actually always with us.

--Becca =)