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Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

As I sat on an airplane headed back to the US after three years in Central Asia, I stared out the window, praying and wondering what was ahead. The words from Jeremiah 29:11 then clearly came to mind: “I know the plans I have in mind for you,” declares the LORD, “they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.” That passage has been a comfort so many times when I did not know what was ahead, yet found hope in God’s plan. I find it interesting that this verse was part of a letter written to Israelites when they were in Babylon, far away from their home land, encouraging them to settle down where they were. They had been through major transitions and lived as foreigners, yet even when out of place they had at least one constant in their lives: God in his Sovereignty and faithfulness.

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