"For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" Jeremiah 29:11
This verse comes at a time when God's people where having a tough time. They may have felt forgotten or forsaken. It sure seemed like the bad guys were in charge and winning. But because God is loving, kind, gentle, and faithful He send word through a prophet.
Just when they felt forgotten God reminds them He is in control and has a plan. And not just any old plan but a good plan, a plan that gives hope and a future!
And several hundred years later these same words reach down deep in my heart and give me a peace that I can't begin to explain. Life is still life, bad things still happen, but I can rest in the truth that God has a good plan.
God loves us much more than we can warp our brains around. We, in our finite selves, can't begin to full understand our infinite God. I am so very thankful that I don't have to fully understand in order to be His.
He takes me as I am and loves me too much to leave me that way. And along the journey He says to me "I have good plans for you, rest in Me and know that I am working things for your good."
Such an undeserved gift! That's what grace is.
Sweet dreams my sweet friends
Goodnight
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