Inconceivable
Inconceivable 16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; (Isaiah 49:14-16) In his commentary ( Note on the Bible ) on this passage, Albert Barnes writes “the language [of the above verses] is that of complaint, and expresses the deep feeling of the people of God amidst many calamities, afflictions, and trials.” I can be a whiner at times. “Why is so and so blessed with the means to buy whatever he wants? So and so is really intelligent. Why am I not as smart as he is?” Why do the neighborhood’s herd of deer eat my plants and no one else’s? Then there are the days that I feel as though God has forgotten me. “Why aren’t my prayers answered? Where are you God? Why, Lord , do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” (Psalm 10) Then I read that my name is indelibly engraved in the palms of God’s hands. To engrave a stone, a monument, a piece of jewelry, means that the inscription is permanent. Nothing can erase an engraving.