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Today's reading: Isaiah 62-66

"I will tell of the Lord's unfailing love. I will praise the Lord for all he has done. I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love." Isaiah 63:7 NLT

This one verse directed my heart immediately back to the tour bus and a small stretch of highway in central Israel on Day 7 of our trip. We were driving along listening to the tour guide, Yonni, speak and what he said, I wrote it down in my travel journal. It touched my heart that day, but this morning that touch goes deeper.

Side note: I wrote a lot of things down in my journal, and today, a month after returning from this trip, I am so very glad I did. I have already referenced my journal and pictures a hundred times--and have been amazed at what I have already forgotten!

'You can be sure, brothers and sisters, that if God will keep all the promises He has kept to Israel, He will surely keep all His promises to you.'

I can claim every victory He has given to Israel as my very own.

I can stand on every promise kept--to Israel and to me.

I can depend upon the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to keep me as He is keeping the Promised Land.

I can see it in Israel's history, I can trust it for my own life!

"He will not let you stumble and fall; the one who watches over you will not sleep. Indeed he who watches over Israel never tires and never sleeps. The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as a protective shade. The sun will not hurt you by day, nor the moon at night." Psalm 121: 3-6 NLT