You have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses...

I opened my Bible a few nights ago and came upon Isaiah 43. Sometimes I feel so moved by the Spirit that I can't stop until I read the rest of the story (even if I've read it before). This rarely happens; I admit, it's hard for me to always enjoy reading the Bible. Anyway, I decided to get out a pencil and underline the verses that "spoke" to me.
These are the verses that have stuck with me throughout the week:

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.

"Yet you have not called upon me, O Jacob, you have not wearied yourselves for me, O Israel. You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense. You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses.

"I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”

This line really struck me:

"You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses."

I felt so guilty and had to ask myself: How many times do I use God and treat Him like a dump for my sins when I should be on my knees to worship Him at all times?

God's everlasting love is such a wonderful mystery to behold. He is ever-faithful to remember my sins no more.

And, even so, I continue to forget the wonders of His love.

What a wonderful God we serve!