God lives and works today.
He has a wonderful plan for each person's
life because He is a Father of love.
Do you know anything about His plan for
your life?
If you do, you can be comforted in
the difficult situations and dark days of your
life.
However, if you must sadly answer that you
don't know about His plan, listen to the
following meditation by Basilía Schlinck.
Don't we all know hours in our lives
in which we don't see any way to
go on when all our hope has died?
At such times, the waves of darkness break
over our heads and we complain, I just
can't go on.
There's no more way and no more help.
I'm at the end of my rope.
I've prayed, but everything's the same and my
problems just haven't been solved.
What can we do in such times?
Listen to the words of Jeremiah in chapter
29.
I know the plans I have for you,
says the Lord, plans for welfare, not for
evil, to give you a future and a
hope.
With these words, God is saying to us,
I have a plan for you right now
when everything seems so dark and hopeless, and
when I make a plan, I carry it
out.
Your discouragement is not the end.
I rest in peace, O Father, your hands
are holding me.
All is by you directed, you lead me
tender.
My heart in fear or sorrow may dwell
in quietness.
I trust in your will, Holy, and that
is blessedness.
If you've ever been on a mountain hike,
you know it's impossible to leap from one
high place to the next.
After you've reached one peak, you must first
climb down a bit before you can begin
to climb up to the next one.
However, God has made us a wonderful promise.
I have a plan for every human life,
and my plans do not end with your
sitting forever at the bottom of the mountain.
It's not my plan for you to wallow
in despair as if despair were the end
and there were no more hope for your
life.
No, in God's plan there is a future
waiting for you, and it's filled with hope.
It's the city of God, where Jesus has
his throne and is waiting for you.
From there he's calling to us, bravely go
on, even though you're sitting at the bottom.
Begin to climb towards the top of the
mountain before you now.
I have a wonderful plan for your life.
You will not only reach the top of
the next mountain, but then you will also
reach the final goal, the golden city.
God's plans will be carried out, and he
will bring them to a glorious victory in
your life too.
God's name is yea and amen.
His holy name we laud and praise.
He does, he does whatever he says.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basile Schlenk of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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works today, visit us at our website, www
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God bless you.