God's good plans for you
God's plans for us are good. He promises us this. Christians love to quote this verse from Jeremiah. We all want to know that our future is a good one. But what does God deem "good?" I have had so many trials and tribulations in my life. If I were to freeze-frame each one, they would hardly look like they were part of a "good" plan. We have been mislead to think that the American Dream is God's good plan for our lives. If that were all there was to it, then how would the world discern between those who belong to Christ from those who are in the world? If God is there only to "make all our dreams come true," then we're under a false belief. That is not what God means when He talks about His good plan for our lives. Sometimes, the truly "good life" looks worse than what others have. For example, did Paul believe in God's "good plan" for him when he was beaten, shipwrecked, going hungry, left for dead, beaten, thro