Tuesday, January 22, 2019

SABRINA In Jerimiah 29 we read of God’s promise to the Israelites, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. We can read these words and find comfort in knowing God’s promise to always be with us – But, so often, those thoughts are on days when things are good, and we find calm assurance. What about those times when we find ourselves in an incredibly disappointing place — a place we don’t want to be — it’s easy to start feeling that some of God’s good plans don’t apply to us. We can even lapse into the mentality that we somehow slipped through the cracks of God’s good plans. But the truth is, God is closer than we often realize. He sees things we don’t see, and He knows things we don’t know. It is then we remember we have been His, from the day we were conceived to the day we breathe our last breath, and even beyond that into eternity. He is the One who will sustain us. All of these things were true for the Israelites. And they’re true for us.