Last week I wrote about how God feels about us—that we are his beloved children. This week I’m going a bit deeper. God’s ways are not our ways, and the scripture and imagery I’ll be using this week really gives me a visual picture of how precious we are to God.

In Isaiah 49:16, the scripture says, “Behold, I [God] have engraved you on the palms of my hands.” God didn’t write our names or tattoo our names onto his skin. He actually had to carve out a piece of himself to let us know how important we are to him.

In John 10:28, the Bible says, “I give them eternal life and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.” That should be so reassuring to all of us. I can only speak for myself—I accepted Christ a few years ago, and yet time and time again I continue to do life my way, not his. But no matter how many times we backslide into a former life, we can rest on His promise that once we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, God will never let us go.

Wow.