After you finish reading today’s Scriptures, come back and read the essay here to dig deeper into the ways we see this specific promise at work in our day’s reading. Then join your fellow Bible readers in the comments to reflect on and discuss what you’re learning!
This promise of purposeful plans is found within a letter sent by the prophet Jeremiah to the people of Judah after they had been taken into captivity by the nation of Babylon. This captivity, also known as the exile, was an expression of God’s judgment against the nation of Judah for their unfaithfulness to Him. Received early on in the exile, this letter encouraged the people of Judah to make their home in Babylon (Jr 29:4–7). But this challenging command was accompanied by the assurance of God’s purposeful plans for His people. These were plans for their “well-being, not for disaster, to give…a future and a hope” (Jr 29:11), which included their restoration as a nation and their return from Babylon back to the promised land.
These promises were for the same nation through which the promised Savior would come. The good plans we get to trust in today are found in the redemptive plan of Jesus for us and our sin. We who had been exiled from the presence of God because of sin now have a future and a hope because of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.
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One of my favorites. Good to remember the context of his promises after being in exile and delivered into what God’s will is.
Amen!
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Even though I wrestle with mental health knowing that God is always with me and standing with me give me hope and just knowing that is words Jeremiah 29:11 it brings me comfort
Same for me. So grateful for His nearness and presence.
the lord loves you and is pulling for you!! stay strong in your faith and always stay true to Him!!!
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I struggle with severe anxiety and OCD that often makes it very hard for me to stay in the present and enjoy my life and the people around me that I love. It’s like my brain is constantly scanning for something to worry about. But praise God that even though I have these challenges, His plan for me is good❤️ Holding on to the hope that when I’m with Jesus in heaven there will be no tears or pain❤️
This really helps me realize that giving it to God, trusting his plan and having hope and trust in him for the future is the way to go! I don’t worry about the future because he already knows that will happen❤️
Heavenly Father,
I come before You with a heart full of gratitude and awe. You are the faithful God, keeping Your covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love You and keep Your commandments. I thank You for Your unwavering faithfulness. You are the faithful God who keeps Your promises, and I find such comfort in knowing You are always true to Your word.
Strengthen me, Lord, to live in a way that honors You, reflecting Your goodness in every part of my life. Help me walk in Your truth, and may Your promises be evident in my actions, my words, and my heart.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Amen ❤️
Love this.
I just shared this with my family. Thank you!
Thank you Lorf for not leaving me where you found me and having a plan already working on behalf of your beloved children. Forgive my unbelief.
Amen!
When we have Jesus, we always have hope for the future in every way. He made a way then with the plan to make a way now. But, it does not happen without intentionality on my (our) part. I need to seek, to pray, to walk in obedience, to listen, to be willing to follow hard after the Lord and walk in fellowship with Him. When I seek Him I will find Him and I will discover the future and plans He has for me. Thank you Lord, that I am in your plans❤️
‘You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.You will seek mee and find me when you search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—’ Jer 29:12-14
So good!
I am chosen. You were chosen.
Beautiful Blessings Shes!
Christ offers us a
way back to Paradise…
the place created first
for His Beloveds.
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Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Good morning she’s and happy Valentine’s Day. May we all be comforted today that no matter what happens that God has a hope in the future for us. That we know that his plans are good. And that he isn’t everlasting God.
Sharing a “Valentine’s Day Prayer” by Pete Greig that resonated with me this morning as I thought about all of my SRT sisters and the different places we find ourselves today:
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I pray today for those in love, those out of love, and those in between. I remember especially those who find themselves a little bit lonelier than normal.
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Lord, I do not pray today for loved-up couples, exchanging overpriced flowers and foil-wrapped hearts, leaking pheromones like diesel fumes at candlelit dinners. I’m pretty sure they will be OK (for now).
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Instead, I hereby dedicate this happy-crappy day to anyone caring for a loved-one with a chronic illness of body, mind or soul. Lord let them be a little bit more okay because I prayed.
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Flame of Love, melt our tiny, tinny chocolate hearts. Wherever marriages have grown cold, calloused with conflict or mired in the mundane, would you please rekindle the fires of true romance?
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Attend to the elderly gentleman gazing at a fading sepia photograph in a silver frame of a wedding in another time. Look at him and look with him and be with him in the remembering and the unremembering too.
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And, on this day named after one of your unmarried saints, would you please bring a little unexpected joy to anyone wistfully buying flowers for themselves? Let their daffodils last longer and shine brighter than the overpriced red roses that also caught their eye.
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God of all comfort, strengthen single parents on this difficult day. Let their kids be kind, let their teens tidy their bedrooms, and if that’s a miracle too far (I realise you’ve got a lot on in the world right now), could they at least be less grumpy and initiate a hug at bedtime?
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And so, may the arms of love, flung wide on the cross, embrace the unlovely and unloving parts of my world, my workplace, and my life today. Forgive me, I pray, for this cheap, hysterical, isolating thing I have sometimes made of love, of life, and of You.
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Amen.
Amen! Thanks for sharing!❤️❤️
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WOW!!
GREAT-fully Yours!!
Honest to GOD-ness!
Amen and thank you, Kari, that was beautiful!❤️
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Morning She’s, and Happy Valentines Day! Jeremiah’s letter to the Exiles reminds us of spiritual discipline and faith. He didn’t just tell the exiles “ no worries, it will all work out eventually. Do what you’re doing “.. no. He encouraged them to build their community, grow food, multiple, and to praise God. Jeremiah offered hope to the exiles. Sometimes ( and usually often ) it’s the long road full of ups and downs that brings us what we are seeking. “ Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer “ – Romans 12:12
Heard.
Believed.
Received.
Sealed for eternity.
Thank you Jesus!
Amen & Amen, Kristy!
The promise of Jeremiah 29:11 was spoken to His people that were in captivity. It was a promise to them. But, it’s principles can be applied to us today! Adding another “but” – it does not apply to everyone in general, but to those who know Christ personally. Also, we must always keep in mind that the fulfillment of His promises aren’t always answered on this side of heaven – most of those that heard this letter Jeremiah delivered, died before it was fulfilled. It was their ancestors, those born in exile that got to see it happen.
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Praise God that we do have a future and a hope, all made possible for us today through the sacrifice of a spotless Lamb – Jesus! All glory and praise to Him who loved (and loves) us so!!
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Happy Valentines Day Sweet She’s, Thank you God for the greatest gift of love ever given – the gift of Your Son!
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I love and feel so much hope that our Lord from the beginning in so many ways and with so many promises, has shown how much He wants to protect us, to keep us close to Him, and ultimately bring us back to the promised land.
Happy Valentine’s Day ladies! This message really spoke to me today. As I grow older (although I’m only 26), my desire to be a wife has steadily increased. Within the Christian community, we often say “I’m in a waiting season or a season of singleness.” As I was praying a few weeks ago, God reminded me that I am not waiting, I am hoping for the fulfillment of this promise & desire of my heart. I am trusting in His plan/timing, and focusing on my relationship with God first and foremost!
Dear Susan
You are FOUND forever & foremost
By the One who first loved us!
Happy Valentine’s Day.
Prayer prompt for today: “Thank you for your promise to keep my future and hope eternally secure in Christ.”
❤ thank you, Donna!
Happy Valentine’s Day, sweet She’s! I know this day is far from happy for so many of you and am praying God’s grace and comfort for those of you who are hurting in the waiting for a relationship or hurting in the wanting out of the one you’re in. I love how God prepared our hearts through Genesis to remember that He is always working in and through us FOR OUR GOOD and that He does not need our help to accomplish His purposes for our lives! (Even tho’ we’re SO good at “helping” :))
Four years ago today I celebrated my 46th and final Valentine’s as a single woman. I had not yet met the man who would become my husband. God does not promise marriage (I thought He had passed me over for that particular blessing) but just because God hasn’t answered yet, does not mean He won’t! As we saw in the passage in Jeremiah today, our view of time is not the same as God’s, so worship in the waiting and just watch and see what He will do! Whether in marriage or in singleness, He DOES promise to meet you with His presence and He loves you more than you can even begin to imagine.
Beautiful testimony ❤️
To the glory of God- this struck a note for me. He has a plan and a purpose for me and it will always be to the glory of God! What happens to us and what He delivers us from, or restores to us, is for His glory! It should point others to Him! Sometimes when He brings us back from “exile” and we are blessed, we need to give Him all the praise and glory! Sometimes, I get caught up in the blessings and forget to tell others what He has done!
Thankful for all of your insights! Love reading them! Praying for all!
Good morning, sweet sisters! I ready need your prayers. We are having a hospital bed delivered today. I have been putting this off and hoping we wouldn’t have to but it’s now necessary. Jack almost made us fall backwards down the stairs going up to bed the night before last. It scared me to death! The time has come to stop doing stairs. He is becoming almost more than I can physically care for. It makes me so sad to realize that we have slept in the same bed together for the last time. It also makes me sad because he has always been so sweet about Valentines Day and now he doesn’t even say anything that makes sense. I feel sure that he is in his final days. I know you have prayed for us a long time but please don’t stop yet. I need you. ❤️
Oh Lynne,
My heart hurts for you. I lift you up in prayer today and ask for comfort and strength as you navigate during this time. God is with you and will carry you through this and we are with you in spirit as well. I wish I could give you a big hug in person, but sending one over the miles. I love you, sweet sister.
Thank you so much, sweet friend! I am still praying for you and Steve every day. Is he still getting good health reports? How are things with the business? ❤️
Lynne, Yes, his health reports have continued to be good. The brain scans still show No evidence of disease! They gave him 14 months over 3 years ago!! And he’s still with me! We just went to Barnes to see his neuromuscular doctor who did many tests and Steve’s strength is improving. He still has those moments when he stumbles and almost falls, has had a few falls even, but less time in the wheelchair is a big improvement!
Our business is barely staying afloat. This has been a very difficult week with lots of vendors asking for payment. Steve and I have been so discouraged…
But God…
We received a card in the mail from his aunt. A sweet message of encouragement and reminder that a whole team from her church is praying daily for us. It brought tears to our eyes, but more than that. It was a reminder that God is in the waiting and He is at work…even if we don’t see it the way we want to see it. And the next day we received payments from accounts that will almost cover our payroll for next week. Our needs are being met in His perfect timing.
Praying for you too❤️
GrammieSue – continuing to pray for you and Steve. Praise God for answers to pray- at the “midnight hour”!
Lynne….tears come as I read your words. I’m sorry you are both on this difficult path. May the Lord strengthen, encourage and lift you up❤️
Oh, Lynne! So so sorry! Continuing to pray for you and Jack. ❤️
Oh Lynne, I am so sorry. I can’t imagine what its like to “lose” the one you love, even thought they are still with you. My heart hurts for you, and my prayers and thoughts are with you today. May God continue to give you the strength that you need, to care for Jack for as long as you can. ❤️
Good morning Lynne, that is truly scary for both of you. Praying for you both, I think you made a good decision as hard as it is. You are a strong, loving caregiver and I think Jack somehow knows this. Hugs.
Praying for you Lynne. ❤️
Praying for you Lynne. Prayers of peace and comfort over you and your spouse.
Dear sweet Lynne, I echo our sisters words here! I can’t imagine doing the stairs! You have definitely given above and beyond! Praying for safety in the transition- get help if at all possible. Thank you for keeping us in the loop with your prayer needs. A special prayer for this first night in separate beds, sweet sister! May God’s comfort surround you like a fluffy blanket and give you peace. Love you! ❤❤❤
Praying, Lynne❤️ May our Heavenly Father wrap His arms around you and Jack and bring peace and comfort to you both
Lynne I’m so sorry for all you are going through. I’m praying for you and your family.
Praying for you and Jack, Lynne ❤️
Praying. ❤️
I’m so sorry for all you are going through. Praying for you! ❤️
Oh, Lynne, my heart aches for you. It’s been a long road for both of you. Tears come to my eyes as think of how you must feel. I too have almost fallen and it’s so scary. May our LORD give you strength, comfort, grace and peace each day and carry you when you feel so overwhelmed you can’t put one foot in front of the other. Love you sweet sister❤
Sending prayers. You are a blessing to your dear husband Jack. Thank you for sharing your request.
Jeremiah 29:11 has been a long time favorite.
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God I’m so thankful to know that my future is eternally secure.
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Thank you for your prayers yesterday. The drive was smooth. Ellie Mae stared up at me the whole way. She has been a joy. Slept through the night. Although she did get under my feet and I didn’t want to step on her. I took a tumble backward. I had two glass bowls in my hand that went flying. Landed on my bum and it is quite sore. All will be good. I now know she follows me closely and to be on the lookout.
Ouch! Glad the trip went well and the pup is sweet…will pray your bum heals fast!❤️
Ah, Traci! I love het name and I am thankful you weren’t seriously injured! ❤
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I have Jeremiah 29:11 memorized, it is my mentor’s favorite verse. But it was even better reading the whole passage and the verses that follow!!
12 You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek and find me when you search for me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and I will restore your fortunes,and gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “I will restore you to the place from which I deported you.”
You WILL find me when you seek me! I will RESTORE! What a promise! When we think it is all over. That this is what life has to offer, it will never change!! NO, God says “seek” with all your heart! I HEAR you. I will RESTORE what seems lost! To give you a Hope and a Future!
Have you heard the song by We the Kingdom with this verse?! Not sure the title. Great catchy tune, that has you singing Jeremiah 29:11!!
Have a great day She’s!
I have a future! It’s JESUS! And I can’t wait! This brought thoughts back to a beautiful worship song that I heard at where my son and daughter attend. “Made for More” The first lyrics says: I know who I am, cause I know who YOU are! THANK YOU JESUS! Happy Friday sweeties! I admit, can’t wait to SLEEP in a bit longer tomorrow! Oh…and Happy Valentines Day sweeties!!! It’s going to be SO much fun with our TK students today!!
That is one of my favorite songs, we sing it in jail ministry!!
Aw…..how sweet! I had never heard it till we sang it at my kid’s church! It’s so beautiful!
❤ great song! Enjoy the extra sleep!
Love that song – Made for More, also Thank You Jesus by Josh Baldwin – this is my song of praise for today!
I love how they restored worship through the altar and daily sacrifice before they started rebuilding the temple. Often, I’m trying to build before I have established myself in worship. Life is so much better when I have worshipped first and it’s a daily practice! ❤️
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Love your reminder that we need to be anchored in worship before trying to build anything!
Yes, that’s good! Praise and worship FIRST, ALWAYS, Regardless of our situation, trial, or affliction. In the valleys on the mountains!
Agreed & Amen, Dear Jody!
Thank you for this reflection and challenge
I finished up Genesis this morning. So excited to now read of God’s promises! I have a huge praise! After 40 years of working in the hospital, the last 18 were twelve hour night shifts, God answered my prayer of a new job that would still fit in my busy life! I am going to be doing home hospice! I have always been touched by helping those at end life, and their families. It is 4 eight-hour day shifts during the week. It took a few years of praying and waiting, but God always comes through, His timing is always best.
Hospice is a wonderful endeavor and a much-needed service. We had my grandma on hospice years ago. Thank you for doing this! ❤️
Kim, how wonderful for you! I know you will be a tremendous blessing to those families! ❤
Praising God with you!! That sounds like an amazing opportunity that you will love!! God will definitely enable you to do such a unique “job” which will probably not seem like work to you!!
That is awesome, Kim! Hospice is a great ministry. Jack’s hospice nurse is so precious. I hope you had a great birthday!
Bless your hands,Kim, in beginning the good works God prepared for you all along!
Thank you ladies! Praying for Lynn and Jack, and Gramsie Sue and Steve!
Bless you in this new journey Kim! May God use you as a light to those in need!
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for Your unfailing love and Your promise to keep my future and hope eternally secure. As Your Word in Jeremiah 29 reminds me, You have plans to prosper me, not to harm me, and to give me a future filled with hope. I rest in the assurance that You are always with me, guiding me, and holding me close through every trial.
Lord, in the midst of life’s challenges, I remember the truth of 2 Corinthians 4:7, that though I carry this treasure in an earthen vessel, it is Your power at work within me. You have placed within me Your presence, Your hope, and Your grace—constantly renewing me from the inside out.
Thank You for securing my heart, my future, and my hope in You. I trust that no matter what comes, You are my eternal foundation, and in You, I find all that I need.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
Beautiful Scriptural prayer, Kimberly! Thank you for sharing! ❤
Amen Kimberly!
Oh Father God thank You for Your promises that are Yes and Amen!
As I started reading the Jeremiah Scriptures this morning, I was nodding, yes, sounds good … build, plant, increase, pray for peace, seek peace, live life as you should, don’t be deceived. Then I get to the part about after they’ve done this for 70(!!) years, and verses 12 – 14: 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity.
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Attention-getting consequences due to the rebellion and rejection of God by the Israelites.
Hmm, rejection of God and rebellion … sound familiar, sisters? Search, seek, find. He’s always there.
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But 70 years! A lifetime, or nearly, for some of us sisters. Am I the only one who slumps when 1 day delivery isn’t an option and I have to ‘settle’ for 2 days? Lord, help me focus on You and Your plans for me, and not get distracted by first world ‘problems’ – His plans for His glory.
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TINA & JULIA C – ❤️ good words, sisters
CEE GEE – who can straighten?! ❤️ And thanks for the laugh with RHONDA – old word, old sisters
TERESA DONLEY – praying for the safety of your friends and especially their children. Praying for the world, there is so much hate.
WENDY B – praise the Lord for the encouraging news
TRACI GENDRON – praying as you and the new puppy get acquainted ❤️
LYNNE FROM AL ❤️❤️❤️
LINDA IN NC – praying for Gene’s procedures
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Ah, sister, you pegged me with the delay in delivery remark! That thought goes with the thoughts I had this morning. AFTER all the waiting, the people were FAITHFUL to WORSHIP! After judging the Israelites for their ‘failure’ to obey, I had to give them kudos for this: …
“… took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed.
11 They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord:
“For he is good; his faithful love to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s house had been laid.” (From Ezra passage). Would I be that obedient and exuberant in praise or would I half heartedly give thanks while grumbling that “it’s about time!”??
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You are not alone in this!
Was it Elisabeth Elliott who called it “a long obedience in the same direction”? God’s timing and mine are rarely (ever?) the same, but His plans are ALWAYS better than mine!
I just started reading A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson! Such a great book!
GM ladies. I have not been able to keep up with the study this week. My brother BJ has been in the hospital since Tuesday. The stomach cancer has progressed and he can no longer eat or drink without being sick. It has been a really long week with so many doctors coming in and out with different opinions, my head is spinning. Today he has a surgery to place a feeding tube but because of his compromised GI, there is a chance it won’t work. Can you please pray that there would be nothing blocking the way of the tube they will insert and for the feedings thereafter to be successful. Also pray that I can be the light of Christ to those around me in the hospital, including my nieces and family who are not believers. Thank you ladies. I will update when I can:)
So sorry you and your family have to go through this. Praying ❤️
Praying, Tami.
praying for you and your family Tami
Tami, I am so sorry! Praying for BJ, the procedure to be succy, and for your witness/ ministry to the family. May Gid strengthen your heart for His service and glory! ❤
*successful*
Praying for your brother and for you, Tami.
Will do, Tami. ❤️
May the Lord hold you tight during this time. Praying for the best, in God’s plan, to come about. I know you will be a blessing to his daughters and family! God give Tami just the right timing and right words to say to plant the seeds or water, or harvest, all for your Glory!! amen!
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Praying, Tami!
Just prayed and will continue.
Praying every day for you and your family, sweet sister! May God strengthen and heal BJ, may his care team have wisdom about what is best, and may you shine the light of Jesus on your family. Also praying for Chela. ❤️
Prayers for BJ…answers that help
Hugs to you ❤️
Praying, Tami, for BJ, his family, and you!
Oh Tami, I am praying for you now. I can’t imagine the feelings you’re going through, but I am praying for an overwhelming sense of comfort and healing in you and your brother‘s life. Praying the doctors can find answers and discernment for the right plan.
Praying for you, Tami, and for BJ. ❤️
Praying for strength and comfort for your entire family, Tami. Praying for a successful surgery for BJ and for God’s light to shine through you to those around you ❤️
A future and a hope. Just those words stirs joy in my heart.
Such beautiful words of hope. Thank you Jesus
I have an exciting update on my interviews and wanted to thank all of you for covering me in prayers. ❤️ I was offered the job this week and accepted it!
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A year and a half ago, God set a big dream on my heart, but it wasn’t for that moment, and that was very confusing for me. When God puts something in your heart, you hope it’s going to be now, but it rarely ever is. What I’ve learned is God uses that time to prepare you. He works to refine you, build you up, strengthen your faith, teaching you invaluable lessons of patience and obedience, which often feel like seasons of wilderness (Romans 5:3-5).
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I learned it’s tempting to turn a good thing into an ultimate thing, but that’s the recipe for making idols. I had to examine if I was worshiping God or His blessings, and God was gracious to work within me to help me surrender those dreams back to His hands. When you let go and see it in His hands, you start to see tempering; this is God’s way of bringing an over-exaggerated view of something back to scale and smoothing out the edges.
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When I received the news of the offer, I felt completely peaceful. There wasn’t an elated/euphoric feeling for something I had prayed and hoped for for so long, which initially caught me off guard. But it made me realize the greater work God was doing in me during this whole time. Leading me to place my entire dependence and hope in Him to satisfy me, not anything else; He is the good news. Not His answers to my prayers.
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While I was praying, I felt prompted to go back to my journal to look at what I wrote exactly a year ago. I found a prayer that left me speechless. A year later, to the day, God so specifically answered that prayer with an outcome too great for me to have ever imagined or understood. God works and moves in ways that are so much higher than anything we can think, imagine, or do, and He can see far beyond our present circumstances and knows what is best for us. If God leads you to do something, He’ll shape the space around it – our job is to be obedient and to trust Him.
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I could say so much more, but I don’t want to ramble. Thank you all; I’ve saved so many of your notes of wisdom and testimonies shared over the years, and they’ve been such an encouragement, especially during this season. I hope my testimony might encourage anyone in a similar season not to lose patience. God is trustworthy, and His promises are true.
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“For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—”plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11
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“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:9
Congratulations Christy! This is a beautiful testimony. I loved what you said about the tempering!
Thank you, Tami! ❤️
Love this! Congratulations!
Thank you, Karen! ❤️
Awesome testimony of God’s faithfulness to you, and your faith and trust in Him. Thank you so much for sharing! Congrats on the job ❤️
Thank you, Searching! ❤️
This is beautiful and so insightful! Thank you for sharing this and congratulations on your new job!
Thank you, Nickie! ❤️
Your story is SO similar to mine! Reading your post was like reading something I would have written myself about my own season of waiting for a new role. Even the journaling. Praise God for his faithfulness, his timing, and his favor over you. May this season be a marking one that draws you back to remember his faithfulness. Congrats on the new job!
“I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God? You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.”
Psalm 77:11-14 ESV
Thank you for sharing that passage Kelly. I always encourage journaling, but now I can attach that for the why!!
Thank you, Kelly! ❤️ I’m so touched by your sharing of your similar experience. Praise God for His faithfulness and timing! I love that passage as well
Christy, your plan for you was the job, but His plan for you was the process to get it. Not only did you get the job, but greater than that are the spiritual blessings you’ve received in the process! You have shared an awesome testimony of His plans for you!
This made me tear up. So beautifully put. Thank you, Sheryl ❤️
Congratulations Christy and thank you for your testimony. Beautiful
Thank you, LaMisa! ❤️
yay! Christy! that peace! it feels so good to rest in the fact that God is in your decisions!
Amen! ❤️
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Oh Christy, first Congrats, but oh…thank you for sharing so much more!! I agree, and have learned the same lesson! That’s why I encourage my groups to WRITE down their trials and prayers! It is so amazing, blesses us, and builds are faith when we go back years later and read!!
Just last week, the night before I had my first group meeting, on Surrendered, I pulled out my old and first journal, 22 years ago, when my world fell apart. It was so touching to read my heartfelt prayers. And no, God didn’t even answer my prayers how I wanted, but yet, he gave me more than I could hope for. But it was a slow, long 5 years before it happened. In what I shared with Michelle P a few days ago. The wait is long, but God is growing our faith, producing fruit or pruning, in it!
We need to keep writing down, journal-ing, in our trials to help us and to share!! God is making our ashes in to beauty, graves to garden, tests into testimonies!! Hallelujah!! All for His glory!!
Thank you Rhonda for your sweet note! There is so much wisdom and beauty in what you shared. I chuckled at “God didn’t even answer my prayers how I wanted” because I also found a much older journal recently and praised God for not answering those prayers. He truly knows best and gives us more than we could have hoped for. He is so good!!
Christy, CONGRATULATIONS! What a timely beautiful, and encouraging testimony! I, too,love what you said about ‘tempering’! Your words are a balm to those in the waiting! Thanks so much! ❤
Thank you dear Cee Gee!! I really appreciate all of your encouragement and prayers over the past month ❤️
So happy for you, Christy. God is great every single day.
Thank you, Maria! ❤️ Amen, God is so good!!!
Congratulations!
Thank you, Mia Faith! ❤️
Congratulations! ❤️
Thank you Lynne! Continuing to pray for you and Jack ❤️
What a wonderful testimony, Christy.
Thank you for sharing…speaks to those of us who are in the waiting.
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God is faithful in every season! ❤️
Congratulations!
Thank you, Cheryl! ❤️
Congratulations Christy!
Thank you, Donna! ❤️
Congratulations Christy! ❤️
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Martha! ❤️
Christy, this so is a testimony that certainly goes with the study today! It’s so so good and on point!
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Congratulations on the new job, but also, for holding onto the Lord and the plans He had and has for you..
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He is good! His faithful love for you, Christy, endures forever!
Much love, ❤️
Thank you, Tina! God’s faithful love is so good! ❤️ I always look forward to reading what the spirit puts on your heart each morning. I’ve jotted down so many of your insights and reflections, which have encouraged me during this season.
Christy, your testimony of how God worked in you while you waited for His answer to prayer is wonderful.
God’s mercy and steadfast love are so good! Praise be to Him!
Congratulations! What a beautiful testimony! Praise the Lord for the ways His faithfulness has been evidenced in your life and shared to bring honor to His name.❤️
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“We who had been exiled from the presence of God because of sin now have a future and a hope because of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.”
Amen and amen!
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Amen, Kelly!
Tina,
You make every day better by reading your words. I am grateful to you and all of the ladies of SRT. Sending love and prayers to you all from the desert. ❤️❤️❤️
He is good. His faithful love for Israel(Tina) endures forever!
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Praise the Lord..
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I am not forgotten, He has not forsaken me, or abandoned me.
It can feel like it on this long and lonely road waiting for a partner to come along..
To be fair, the right one could have been in the mix, I was tooooo stubborn to realise..
Still hopeful..
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BUT GOD..
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H promises those long held onto words, that sit in many hearts, and are a salve when life is looking grim or confusing, or stale, or a tad.. ‘what is this all about?’
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For I know the plans I have for you” this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12 You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.d 13 You will seek mee and find me when you search for me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you”—this is the Lord’s declaration
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1)He has plans for us/me. HE DECLARES IT! I CAN trust Him, for He has NEVER let me down.
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2)Plans for my/our well being.. He wants my happiness above all else. My well being, not harmful or disruption to my heart and body..
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3)Not for disaster.. I a divorcee with 2 failed relationships to boot. And so I get this. I mean, had I not been too eager to rush into marriage at the first guy that battered his eyes at me.. disaster may have been averted..
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4)to give you/me a future and a hope.. I dream of a future, days to come with a someone holding my now grown old hand.. but mostly my Heavenly hope is my desire..
Thankful for Jesus, who fulfills that each day, filling my heart with a hope I have no right to or deserve and yet.. BUT GOD..
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5)He says I/we will call on Him, and He will hear us, He will hear us in our distress, He will hear us in our joy He will hear us in the quiet prayer of our hearts..
He WILL hear us!
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6)He says.. we will seek Him, oh, and what good news, we WILL find Him, when our hearts are open and eager to find Him. He is not be far away from us. He is closer than we could ever, ever imagine, we need only believe, trust and be wrapped in the Hope He promises.
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Most importantly, these are not my words.. Father God DECLARES THEM!
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He is good. His faithful love (and promises) for Israel/us endures forever!
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AMEN..
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Happy Valentines Friday!
Sending a truckload of love today across the pond..
I love you.
Tina.❤️
“Plans for my/our well being.. He wants my happiness above all else. My well being, not harmful or disruption to my heart and body.”
May I humbly suggest He wants our holiness even more? For when we are seeking to be holy as He is holy, we will have the well-being He desires of us and be truly happy.
Indeed He does Kelly. Thank you for pointing us to that, as well as adding to my thoughts.. we are here to learn, grow and share. We are all on different journeys to the same place..
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Thank you Kelly, covered in love and gratitude for you..❤️
Thank you, Tina, Kelly and Searchjng for your insight! Happy Valentine’s Day to all of SRT! May you feel His love today and everyday!
I’ll take your truckload of love across the pond this morning! AND right back to you sweet Tina!! LOVE you sweet lady!! Happy Valentines Day.
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Happy Valentine’s Day from across the pond, dear Tina! Praying that God will send you that perfect mate just like He sent Jack to me almost 25 years ago! ❤️
Beautiful! God has good things in store for you!
Yes and Amen!
Happy Valentines Day to you Tina – across the pond!