Now, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge, but know that it's never too late to start and we're in this together.

Thanks for journeying with us.

And here's your host, Emma, daughter.

Thanks for joining.

Today, we are reading Isaiah 47 through 53, and I am back in the podcast studio.

You know them, you love them. It's Will McElroy. Hey, what's up, Emma? Will, it's good to be here with you. Yeah, it's good to be back. I love doing that. The last few times you were flying solo, but I want to jump right in. Yeah. I know you recently had a pretty cool conversation that's specifically relevant to today's reading.

So I'm going to let you take the mic. Just take it away. That's great. And then you jump in

whenever you went with thoughts and I'm right. I had a conversation that was not unique, but it was

recent. And the reason I say it's not unique is because I get to serve with our high school ministry.

And so I have students somewhat often asking me questions.

And I was meeting with this student who I just respected a ton because he was so candid and honest with me.

And he said, well, I believe God exists, but I have a hard time believing that he exists for me.

What do you mean about that?

He told me how he's like,

I believe God is real, but I just don't know if he answers my prayers. I don't know if he actually listens to me, if he actually cares for me. And I really understood what he was saying, because I

think when I was 16, 17 years old, I had those same thoughts. Like I never doubted God was real and existed, but

I never really believed that he answered my prayers or wanted to listen to me. And it looks like

the Israelites, if you read this morning, then you know that the Israelites, they're asking

that same question. In fact, I'm just going to stick with Isaiah 49 right now, which says this. It says, but Zion said, the Lord has forsaken me. My God has forgotten me. And you can see why they said that. If you've read all of Isaiah, then you know that they are in exile right now and that they probably are confused and wondering, where is our God? His armies are rising up against them. Yes, and we are his people. You know, where is he? And that's what they're asking. They're saying, he has forsaken me. And in fact, they're not even asking a question. They're making a statement that he has forsaken us. He has forgotten us. And then you see God's response here. here he says can a woman forget her nursing child

that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb and Emma you know this but we have a one

month old baby right now yes congrats so fun and new dad alert new dad and tell you, these kids, they are hard to forget about.

Even just last night, she woke up several times of the night, crying, screaming, she's

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