December 4: Hope Living in Exile
Belinda Weatherly Jeremiah 29:11 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Reflection This passage is from the prophet Jeremiah’s letter to the Hebrew exiles in Babylon. Most of us have not experienced exile, but being uprooted from our comfortable lives is not uncommon. When I was young my good friends and I were part of an innovative project that was enjoying success and even some notoriety. My friends and I were thrilled to learn that our leader had [...]