Friday, December
4
For
thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are completed will I
visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this
place. For surely I know the plans I
have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give
you a future with hope. Then when you
call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if
you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I
will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the
places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the
place from which I sent you into exile. Jeremiah
29:10-14
God has plans for us, plans for our welfare and future. God promises to hear us when we call out and
be found when we seek our Lord. When
have you struggled to believe that God had plans – good plans – for you? Can you recall a time when you could not
discern God’s providence in the moment, but could see how God’s good plans were
evident in retrospect? Can this
remembering give you hope for today?
Write your reflections on the back of this card.
Prayer:
God of our past, present and future, when present circumstances
baffle and challenge us, test and upend us, we struggle to see Your good plans
and we worry about the future. We know You
promise to hear us when we call. We know
Your word is trustworthy and true. When
we cannot yet perceive Your providence, sustain us and give us hope until that
time when we see Your good plans for us come to fruition. AMEN
Activity:
Take some time today to watch the birds; how they fly,
how they search for food, what songs they sing?
And know that the Lord watches over them and cares for each one just as
the Lord watches over you.
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