"For I know the plans I have for you,"
says the Lord.
"They are plans for good
and not for disaster,
to give you a future and a hope.
In those days when you pray,
I will listen.
If you look for Me
wholeheartedly,
you will find Me.
I will be found by you,"
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 29
sometimes
the future can look bleak.
hope can be hard to come by.
hearts and dreams
lie
s
h
a
t
t
e
r
e
d
and
s c a t t e r e d
in pieces
on the ground.
you prayed and prayed
for the miracle you knew
He could perform with
but a breath,
yet the one
so loved is
gone.
the job
desperately needed
seemed to slip through
your fingers.
the addiction
still grips
and the dark
still suffocates.
and the list could go on.
the heart pleads:
'Abba Father,
pull back the curtain,
just a small corner.
reveal a fraction
of that future.
a sliver of
hope.'
sometimes just a glimpse
is enough to keep the
heart
beating.
grasps onto
that sliver of hope.
His Spirit gently
dances
twirls
sways
to the music
of that hope.
and tenderly He
colors every corner
of darkness and fear
with the colors of the
rainbow.
and with His presence,
even if not understood,
is a breath
of fresh air stirring within,
whispering of
His love
so boundless,
so glorious,
so furious,
so tender.
and when that heart
sees Him and calls
out His name,
He
will
listen.
and He promises just
enough hope
and grace
for
today.
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