For I know
the plans I have for you,
          says the LORD,
plans for welfare
and not for evil,
to give you a future
              and a hope.

               Jeremiah 29. 11

("Trust Me in this.
Follow Me through this."
Even when I don't understand,
        God is at work
in unexpected ways.
Even in the hard stuff,
even in this,
  His purposes prevail.)

Brethren,

   do not be weary

   in well-doing.

        2 Thessalonians 3. 13

(God is using you

     in profound ways

on the most ordinary days.

There is nothing mundane

     in God's economy.

You can never know

   how God will use you.

You can never know

   who will be impacted by it).

In the latter days
  you will understand it
                       clearly.

         Jeremiah 23. 20

("Trust Me."
Even in this.
Even in what I can't understand,
His profound purposes prevail.)

A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold
in a setting of silver.

              Proverbs 25. 11

(Beautiful,
an image of healing,
seeking out good in this,
         even in this.
What do I want to leave behind?)

But the LORD is with me...

            Jeremiah 20. 11

(The Presence of God

     makes the profound difference,

not just changing the outcome,

not just changing my course,

      but changing my heart.

Seek Him in this).

Blessed is the man
    who trusts in the LORD,
whose trust is the LORD.
He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
    and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious
        in the year of drought,
for it does not cease
             to bear fruit.

                     Jeremiah 17. 7-8

(Trusting God does not matter?
  You will never know the difference
             God makes in this.
The LORD will change
           the course of your life.
He will do extraordinary things
     that not only impact you,
but everyone around you.
      God bears impossible fruit).

You who are enthroned
upon the cherubim,
                  shine forth.

                 Psalm 80. 1

(Shine, O LORD.
          Even in this.
Even in ways
  I cannot comprehend).