Jeremiah 29:11

"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."

Have you ever had Scripture stuck in your head and can't remember the entire verse? Yeah - that was me tonight. I had to ask Mike if he knew what the verse was because I just couldn't place it. All I could remember was "I know the plans I have for you..." and neither Mike nor I could remember the exact verse, so I looked it up online. When the verse pulled up and I saw Jeremiah 29:11, I thought to myself "OH!"

Earlier today, I was looking at a friend's Facebook page, and he had posted an article about the most misused scripture in the Bible. In all honesty, I was in a bit of a hurry and didn't read the entire article at that time, but I did notice that they were referring to Jeremiah 29:11. So when I saw tonight, that the verse in Jeremiah was the one I was trying to think of, I figured I should read the article. It's a piece in Relevant Magazine. You can read it here: "The Most Misused Verse In The Bible"

The final paragraph of the article, no matter which piece of Scripture anyone is reading, really hit me:

"There are many ways to keep in check our subtle tendencies to twist God’s promises and plans into caricatures of what they really are. We can read the Bible with a greater sensitivity to context. We can open our thoughts about God and Scripture to others. Perhaps the most important way, however, is it to recommit ourselves to seeking God. Seeking God will not always result in fixes for life’s problems. Instead, it will cause us to realize we live within a much bigger story—one in which God resolves the disappointments of life in ways that far exceed our shortened sight."