jeremiah 29:11

I wrote out an email to my husband this evening, praying for the Lord to direct my thoughts. I still worry about how it will be received, but I am trusting God with it. It was a letter of encouragement, I felt led to do it......Anyways I was closing the letter with "our life verse" I feel that Tony and I were given that verse about 6 years ago from a couple that we are very fond of and who have such wisdom. Well as most of you know, the verse begins with, "For I know the plans I have for you, " says the Lord, "They are plans for good and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Now that part has stuck with me for a while. And I have read the rest of the verses that follow in the past. But until today I haven't read them and thought really hard about them. Today I continued to read......"In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me in earnest, you will find me when you seek me. "I will be found by you, "says the Lord, " I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and bring you home again to your own land. " Okay, now I am not a bible interpreator. But for me, right now, those words spoke such depth to my spirit. Because right now at this point in my life, I am struggling daily....I believe that God is (literally) giving me the grace to get through each day with out falling completely apart. But to read.....You will find me when you seek me....I will listen......He is listening to me, I know this, I am finding Him in so many places! And I believe the end of that verse is for me and my husband. I believe that he will bring us out of captivity(this mess we are in) He will restore us, although it is a journey right now, and that He will bring Tony and I "home again....." I just feel as though we have gotten lost and I feel that we have drifted so far from "home" and I feel that Jesus in His almighty power and grace will bring us back. It could take days, months, years, but I believe in full faith that He will show us the way back home. So my friends, hold fast to the truth. Know that God is walking beside you in this journey and He knows everything about what you are going through. He will give you the grace to get through each day, although it may seem like baby steps....it will happen. You know at Christmas you see those signs...Believe( I think they mean in Santa Claus) But just think of the power of that one word, believe.......Just believe....Jesus is the name we need to call on, just believe, He will pull you through. And regardless of what is taken from you, realize that He will NOT be taken from you................................................................that there should be our hope.....and our comfort......