"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you hope and a future."

When you read Jeremiah 29:11, do you really believe that the Lord has plans for you? Do you really believe that His plans are for your good?

God has given me so much over the past year. I have been blessed beyond what I could ever imagine. I was so excited to see God's hand so prevalent in my life, in fact He worked in ways I can't even comprehend. God had revealed Himself to me in the most amazing ways.

Then, it all ended. Now, instead of blessings and God's love... I felt loneliness and my world felt like a wreak. Worst of all, my God felt a million miles away.

I didn't understand why God would give me so much, just to have it all taken away. But, I knew I had to make a choice. I could keep living and just ignore everything I was going though -basically ignore God. Or, I could patiently wait.

I chose to wait -though one may not describe my waiting as "patient." I have learned, as Brooke Frasier sings:

"When I can't feel you, I have learned to reach out just the same.
When I can't hear you, I know you still hear every word I pray.
And I want you more, than I want to live another day.
And as I wait for you, maybe I'm made more faithful..."

I know that right now, all seems lost. But, I know that God knows the plans He has for me and His plans are for my good. I know that He cares for me -this is evident in the blessings and wonderful opportunities that I have had in the past year and even more-so evident in the Bible reading what God has given for me and others. And, I know that even though I may not be able to feel Him, see Him, or hear Him in ways that I wish I could right now... I long for Him. I long for my relationship with Him. And this period of waiting has just made me stronger in my faith.

Perhaps each day, I am becoming more faithful.