blown away again

I've been reading through Isaiah lately, and I can't seem to get enough of it. This encouraged me so much this morning...literally built up COURAGE inside of me!!!


"Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through? Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over? The ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; EVERLASTING JOY will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. I, even I, am he who comforts you. WHO ARE YOU THAT YOU FEAR MORTAL MEN, the sons of men, who are but grass, that you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For WHERE is the wrath of the oppressor? The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread. For I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that  its waves roar-- the LORD Almighty is his name. I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand-- I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, 'You are my people.' ...This is what your Sovereign LORD says, your God, WHO DEFENDS HIS PEOPLE: 'See, I have taken out of your hand he cup that made you stagger; from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again. I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Fall prostrate that we may walk over you' And you made your back like the ground, like a street to be walked over.' " -ISAIAH 51:9-16, 22-23


Simply blows my mind how, despite my yielding to those who only want to make me like a street and walk over me,  our maker continually seeks to DEFEND me and COMFORT me and give me everlasting joy to crown my head. HE IS SOOOO FAITHFUL, even while I'm unfaithful.