Plans

          “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.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

It seems as though I’m writing about nothing but how much I fail to live according to my claimed beliefs, and it’s an important thing to consider. I suspect we all live our lives on autopilot too often, and that we’d do better if we were more conscious of what’s going on in our souls. Today’s verse is another of those that I have to ask whether I really believe. And in this case, I think I fare a little better than I have with some of the others.

Without repeating the story, God has made it clear to me that He is guiding me. There are times when I think He’s leading me in directions I don’t want to go, but I have also been telling people for the past ten months that 2020 was one of the bet years of my life. I had such plans when I came home from Florida, I was going to do…so…much.  

Getting a job cut into that, but it’s allowed me to do things I couldn’t have done otherwise.  I’ve been struggling to get the basics done, and now as the job winds down to a minimum, I find myself wondering, “What now?” There are people who are getting ready to do some important, good things, and I don’t feel the least bit inclined to join them. That makes me wonder what’s wrong with me.

But He knows the plans He has for me. As I look back on my life, there is no point at which I could have imagined living the life I am now. I could not have imagined the contentedness; the sense that I am moving in a good direction. It makes no sense that what I’m doing is moving me in a good direction, because it runs counter to everyone else’s wisdom and priorities, but all I can say is that with regard to this verse, I am continuing to hold on to what it promises and continue to follow.