Good Plans

We walk into a surprise meeting with someone who has some authority over our future. We don’t immediately know how these plans will impact us, so we accept them tenuously and with some trepidation. If we trust this authority, then we will likely move forward more confidently. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plansContinue reading “Good Plans”

Loving Expectation

When our children are young, we guide them with the loving expectation that they will make good choices and learn well. Sometimes, they will reject our guidance and suffer the consequences. We will suffer with their pains with the loving expectation that they will learn and return. II Peter 3:9 says, “The Lord is notContinue reading “Loving Expectation”

Change of Clothes

A change of clothes rarely does anything to change us. Oh, we may feel better by putting on comfortable or fancy clothing, but inside we are still the same person. And yet, scripture likens the new creation that God makes of those who trust him to a change of clothes. We put take off andContinue reading “Change of Clothes”

Darkness Into Light

I have often found myself disoriented in a dark room. I cannot see the exit or a light switch. The inability to see a solution, does not, of course, mean that the solution does not exist. It is just that I can’t see it at the time. I Samuel 16:1 says, “The LORD said toContinue reading “Darkness Into Light”