Isaiah 43 and our Awesome God

I've mentioned before on the blog to pray for Micah Davis. As of yesterday Micah was given only 1-2 weeks to live. This morning as I was praying for Micah and his family I was lead to these verses in Isaiah 43:1-7

"But now thus says the Lord,he who created you, O Jacob,he who formed you, O Israel:
Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God,the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom,Cush and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my eyes,and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you;I will bring your offspring from the east,and from the west I will gather you. I will say to the north, Give up,and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name,whom I created for my glory,whom I formed and made.”

What an awesome God we have. He has redeemed us and he calls us by name. When Micah goes home he will not be going to someplace scary where he is a stranger. No, heaven is our home. He will be going to be the one who formed him, who knows him and loves more than anyone on earth ever could. Micah is precious in God's eyes and He loves him. Micah will go from this world that is perishing to an eternal kingdom, welcomed into the arms of his Savior. Our hearts grieve for the loss to come but how can we not rejoice that Micah will know no pain, no heartache, no suffering, only eternal joy in the arms of the Beloved.