Homework from Patrick in Toronto

I was at the computer earlier and I overheard my mom talking to my dad. My irritation grew to the point of cussing, so I knew it was time to withdrawal from the computer and go to a quiet place. Finding a quiet place is friggin challenging.amen. So I wrote in my journal my current frustrations and questions to why I am feeling the way I am. I did not come up with anything, but it felt good to put my feelings on the pages. I prayed and asked God to encourage me and give me a scripture or a psalm. I thought I heard Him say psalm 67, but as I read it I was sure I put that thought into my head. This is not the first time I have done this. So , I was more lead to go to Isaiah and I stopped on a passage I had in parenthesis in Isaiah 41 and I know for sure God wanted me to read it as our friend Patrick in Toronto told us to. Well, I started to plug my name in where Israel and Jacob is and I started weeping. This is what God truly thinks of us. I often think the worst of myself and that God is mad at me or what satan tells me about myself, but this shook my world tonight. Try it...
Isaiah 41
8 “But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,
9 I took you from the ends of the earth,
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
10 So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

11 “All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.
12 Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.
13 For I am the LORD your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
14 Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,
little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help you,” declares the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,
new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.
16 You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up,
and a gale will blow them away.
But you will rejoice in the LORD
and glory in the Holy One of Israel.