When you cannot see the plan

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Jeremiah 29:11 · ESV

Lord, I want to know the plan, and You have given me a promise instead. You know the plans. I do not. This word first went to people who were told their exile would last seventy years, so I will not pretend Your plans are always fast. But they are for my welfare and not for evil, and they end in hope. Let that be enough for today. Give me one faithful step in the place where I actually am, not the place I wish I were. Amen.

One step: Write one sentence about the future you are afraid of, and one about the future you hope for. Do one thing today that belongs to the second sentence.