(from  ‘The Word for Today’ – Caribbean Edition)

‘I know the plans I have for you...’ – Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

Head-faith says, 'I believe!' Heart-faith says, 'I believe it is so for me,' then acts on it. God says, 'I know the plans I have for you...plans to prosper you...to give you hope and a future' (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV). The Lord will take every negative thing that has happened to you and turn it into something positive, if you will only work with Him and trust Him. He offers you beauty in exchange for ashes.

One lady wrote, 'A lot of very painful and abusive things happened to me that soured my attitude toward life. I was trapped in my past and I did not believe I had a future. But as soon as I believed God's Word, 1 was released from my pain and began making progress toward the future God always had in mind for me.'