Jeremiah 29:11, God’s Thoughts Towards Us.

Jeremiah 29:11- For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

There are times when I wonder what our Lord thinks towards me. I know that I am not perfect, I have my flaws just as anyone else and God still loves me the same. When I was younger, I would think that God was just waiting for me to do something bad to be punished for, but although I may have made a mistake here and there, I still loved God. As I grew older and learned things that would make me wise, I started looking at God differently. I started seeing Him as my loving Father. Now that I am grown and have children of my own, I try to be the best parent that I can be for them. My children often talk about what they want to do after they finish high school, what they want their futures to be like, where they want to live, but they always have told me that they would always come back home. I want my children to have bright futures. I want them to live their lives loving God and always knowing that HE will always be there for them. I want them to know that God wants them to have peace in their lives, never evil, and I never want them to give up on hope, and the future that God has planned for them. Our Father wants us to have the very best of everything, He will not give His children just anything. He wants us to prosper in our lives. HE wants us to be happy; even though there are things in this world that could harm us, HE wants us to be happy in Him knowing that HE is here to protect us from harm. HE thinks the best thoughts towards us; we are His children, just as we have the best thoughts for our own children. God does not have any evil thoughts towards us; HE loves us! HE loves us just the way we are, flaws and all. Let us always remind ourselves that HE only want the best for us; just as we want the very best for our children.

Matthew 6:33-“But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all of these things shall be added unto you.

When we feel that all hope is lost, and we are feeling in despair, we can seek God and talk to Him about how we are feeling. When we need to know the plans that HE has for us, we can ask Him. We have a Father in heaven that is always ready to listen to our hearts cry about the things that are going on in our lives; it is not that HE doesn’t already know, but HE wants us to share them with Him. HE wants us to know that HE cares about every aspect of our lives. When we need wisdom we can ask for it, when we need understanding about certain things, we can ask for it, when we are at our wits end, HE IS THERE TO HELP US COME BACK TO REALITY TO KEEP US FROM LOSING OUR MIND. We are human beings. Life sometimes has us distracted by the things that are going on around us. We lose focus of what is really important, and that is our relationship with our Heavenly Father. When we seek Him first, everything else falls into place. There is no telling how many blessings we have missed out on because we forgot to put Him first. We must always thank the Lord for all that He has done, for all that HE is doing, and for all that HE is going to do in our lives, and in the lives of our family members, and friends.

Don’t forget to consult with our Heavenly Father, and most of all, don’t forget to pray for this great nation that we live in that is the United States of America! Amen.