But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me." Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. (Isaiah 49:14-15).
God is good all the time.
My mother is eighty-plus now, so I have noticed that I must call on my birthday to remind her like I did yesterday. Physical and emotional challenges of aging and concerns about ten children and several grandchildren are enough to cause her to forget.
However, the readings for today's Mass present a different view concerning our relationship with God. God's caring relationship with us is larger than human life and relationships. Therefore, Isaiah says:
Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. So, kindle your trust in God and enliven your hope in him.
We can trust the prophet's claim and depend on it. Look at all the circumstances of your life and of the world and realize that God because is always trustworthy, we cannot relate to him on the same terms as we do with human relationships. So, the prophet says:
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
It is as Jesus points out concerning God's relationship him in what he says:
For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed. God’s actions towards those he loves is not different from what occurs in Jesus’ life.
Jesus’ teaching has implications for us: those who are his disciples should continuously pray and ask God to reveal his plans for their lives, and they should be willing to do what God is asking them to do. And if we do, he will continue to amaze us. We can always ask God to surprise us if we are ready for it.