A Future and a Hope
Jeremiah 29:11 reads: " For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord , thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." (NKJV) Mounds of debt, unemployment, broken relationships, sickness, addictions, depression, oppression, unruly children, undisciplined lives; such matters plunge us into hopelessness. When the landlord demands payment and your bank account has been depleted; when the doctor says there is no hope of healing, when the weight of trouble presses the breath from you, there is only one thing you can do - depend on the one who gives you hope for the future! When overwhelmed with problems, our minds work continuously causing worry and frustration. But this is the time to lay aside our frustrations and seek the Lord for answers. He is not slack concerning His promises, (2Peter 3:9). His ways are not our ways; His thoughts are not our thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8). We worry; The Lord works through blessing. " Now the