“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.” (Isaiah 49:15)
Occasionally we hear the sad story of an infant being found in a trash dumpster where a mother has abandoned her new-born. In wondering why this happens we come to all sorts of conclusions. Thankfully such cases are rare.
Apparently it must have happened sometimes in the prophet Isaiah’s day. Isaiah used the tragedy of such abandonment to say that God would never abandon His people.
Mothers may forsake their children, friends may turn their backs on folks in their greatest time of need, children may forget or neglect aged parents, but God will not turn His back on His children.
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