{"id":26320,"date":"2015-06-16T00:20:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T04:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26320"},"modified":"2015-06-15T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T20:12:11","slug":"hope-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/16\/hope-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13840\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\" alt=\"SeekingHimLogo\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; color: #008080; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFor I know the plans I have for you,\u201d declares the Lord, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; color: #008080; font-size: 14pt;\"> \u201cplans to prosper you and not to harm you,<br \/>\nplans to give you a hope and future.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; color: #008080; font-size: 14pt;\"> Jeremiah 29:11<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most popular Scriptures known to Christians&#8230;that and John 3:16. \u00a0Jeremiah 29:11 has been misquoted, misused, and misunderstood, as well. \u00a0 Sometimes, we like to take Scripture and toss it around, in a well-meaning (but incorrect) fashion. \u00a0What I like most about Jeremiah 29:11, though, is that it reminds you that God cares for you and all that you do.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah 29:11 reminds us that God is on our side.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He does not harm us<\/li>\n<li>He does no ill to us<\/li>\n<li>He does not give us cancer<\/li>\n<li>He does not cause accidents<\/li>\n<li>He does not burn down houses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He does not do any of those things! \u00a0There is no burning down your house to give you a better house. \u00a0God doesn&#8217;t do wrong, bad things, or cause harm. \u00a0God, however, <em>can make good come out of bad<\/em>. \u00a0But He does not make bad happen so that good can happen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And Jesus said to him, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cWhy do you call Me good?<br \/>\nNo one is good except God alone.<br \/>\n<\/span>Mark 10:18<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The LORD is trustworthy in all He promises and faithful in all He does.<br \/>\nPsalm 145:13b<\/p>\n<p>Knowing these proven truths, no matter what our circumstances look like or what our eyes can see or what our minds tells us, we can rest assured that God is for us and will never let us down. \u00a0Yes, the way things work out don&#8217;t often make sense to us, but God can see the big picture. \u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Hoping<\/span> <\/em>in the Lord Almighty is the best decision that can be made for one&#8217;s family and future.<\/p>\n<p>We may &#8220;lose&#8221; things. \u00a0Things may not go our way, but this does not mean that God does not have a plan. \u00a0No, it simply means that our plan does not look like God&#8217;s plan. \u00a0It&#8217;s okay to let go of the steering wheel and take the passenger seat. You&#8217;d be amazed at the places you will go. \u00a0Following God is made a bit easier when your <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>hope<\/em> <\/span>is in Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lord, help us to keep our hope in You. \u00a0Help us to see the hopeful future and plans You have for us. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFor I know the plans I have for you,\u201d declares the Lord, \u201cplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and future.\u201d Jeremiah 29:11 \u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * Jeremiah 29:11 is one of the most popular Scriptures known to Christians&#8230;that and John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3146,3367,1287,425,9034,551,9033,6783,3174],"class_list":["post-26320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-ahmee-bronaugh","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hope-for-good","tag-jeremiah-2911","tag-mark-1018","tag-psalm-14513","tag-seeking-him-devotional","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6Qw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26323,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26320\/revisions\/26323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}