For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will let Myself be found by you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’ Jeremiah 29:11-14 NASB2020

I heard the Lord speak these verses during service as our pastor was speaking of how God creates a book of remembrance out of the conversations we have with Him. Each time we latch onto a revelation and continue talking about it with others, it’s recorded.

I know you’re probably thinking, He wrote this a long time ago to His own people, but I’m His daughter. I was made in His image and likeness. His words are alive and powerful, and they’re mine.

I believe that relationship with God can be as deep or as shallow as we want it to be. He will reveal Himself to me if I seek after Him with my whole heart. He won’t hold out on me. He wants relationship with me.

Just because I don’t understand everything right now doesn’t mean it’s not a part of something bigger. I will hold on because I know He will never see the righteous forsaken or His seed (that’s me!) begging for bread. 

Everything is going to work out. It did for Abraham. It did for Job. It did for Joseph. It did for David.  It did for Esther. It did for Ruth. It did for Mary, and it did for Jesus.

Not one of their stories made sense to them in the beginning, but they loved God, and He was faithful to His Word, bringing them to His desired end. You’re part of His plan, too. Keep allowing Him to finish writing your story. Someone else will be encouraged reading it.

Be blessed,

Sandy G