Florida International University Natural Preserve, June 2013

But now thus says the LORD,
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, 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.
Isaiah 43:1-2

Perhaps the greatest currency of this world is the fear with which it traffics one more falsehood to rob us of the memory of the God who calls us by name and loves us with an everlasting love.