What a comforting verse:

Isa 48:17  

"I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go."

He doesn't necessarily give us what we want but what is best for us, like any good parent would.  But, of course God is the perfect parent. 

But He reminds us in the next verse that if we had paid attention to His commands, we would have peace like a river. 

Isa 49:4  

But I said, "I have labored for no purpose; I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing.  Yet, what is due me is in the Lord's hand, and my reward is with my God."

Sometimes, truth-tellers may feel as if no one is listening.  But that really shouldn't matter.  The only thing that matters is this.  Are we doing what we have been called to do?  If so, leave it in the Lord's hands.  He will bring about His purpose, in His time.

Have you ever been somewhere and been given a very important phone number? You find a pen but no paper. You frantically look around for something to write on but find nothing. Out of desperation, because the number is so important, you scribble the number on the palm of your hand. Can you imagine a number so important that you would etch the number with a sharp instrument in the palm of your hand?

Well, ponder this verse today!
Isa 49:16a
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;

God engraves us on the palms of His hands. We must be pretty important!
Another point to ponder.How about all of us? Have we engraved His name on the palms of our hands? Do we live our lives as if we are proud to be called His own?