Plans

 What’s the plan?

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, 

“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

Planning seems different for me this year particularly in the context of the Covid pandemic.  Can we really make plans?  Are plans only for the young?

I just finished two books that address “planning” from both an institutional and personal viewpoint.  These two authors with Duke University Divinity School ties are not naive about the difficulties.  What I think each author would agree with is that the God we worship does provide the Grace and Love that sustains us.  What is always in question is our responses to a God that is chasing after us.  

We engage in God’s work when we find the connection with our specific gifts.  The good news is that God’s plans are not age or or pandemic dependent realities.

Thanks be to God for the promise of plans for our lives.

Marvin

References

Jones, L. G., & Hogue, A. P. (2021). Navigating the Future. Abingdon Press.

Bowler, K. (2021). No Cure for Being Human. Random House

Hage, M. L. (2016). Healing Mission.

http://healingagents.blogspot.com/2016/10/healing-mission.html