Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord.
“They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Sometimes it is easier to look into our past too long because after all it is certain, it happened. Whether we liked it or not the “known” quality of it brings us some misplaced comfort. God asks us to look at it to understand our successes and failures and move into a future that he has for us in our purpose of serving him. We cannot serve God in action today while looking at yesterday. Our Faith simple asks us to trust the words God gave Jeremiah that we may not know the future but He does and we can trust Him that is for our good and it is a future built on hope. If we believe that then nothing from our past was a wasted part of our lives because God meant it for our good and the experiences there are part of our hope that we share with others going thru our same struggles as make our futures today. May the strength of God’s Love and promise keep us today mindful of the past and with our eyes on the future.