Custom-Made To Praise God

This is what God says,

the God who builds a road right through the ocean

who carves a path through pounding waves,

The God who summons horses and chariots and armies

they lie down and they can't get up;

they're snuffed out like so many candles:

"Forget about what's happened;

don't keep going over old history.

Be alert, be present.  I'm about to do something brand-new.

It's bursting out!  Don't you see it?

There it is!  I'm making a road through the desert,

rivers in the badlands.

Wild animals will say "Thank You"

-the coyotes and the buzzards-

Because I provided water in the desert,

rivers through the sun-baked earth,

Drinking water for the people I chose, 

the people I made especially for myself,

a people custom-made to praise me.

~Isaiah 43:19-21 The Message~

Today, I praise God for always providing water in the desert....for creating roads and paths where the terrain looks impossible to cross, for supernatural protection from all kinds of enemies....

AND for amazing NEWNESS that is not only a feeling, but a reality!