Sunday, February 18, 2018  

Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Our grandson Jack is 15 months old.  As many of you know, he was born with two very rare eye conditions leaving him blind. One of Jack’s eyes never formed, and the other eye was extremely underdeveloped. Both of his eye conditions were undetected prior to birth. Immediately after he was born, Jack was rushed to the neonatal ICU. Within hours of his birth, doctors told us that he would never see. I’ll never forget the moment the doctors told us those words. Jack will never see.  We were rejoicing over his birth and yet so overwhelmed with the raw emotion of learning about Jack’s conditions.

We called our family and friends. One of our dear friends, a pastor and his wife, told us they were driving immediately in from Dallas to be with us. They wanted to pray over Jack and place their hands on him. Our friend told us, the Lord kept repeating to me Jeremiah 29:11 over and over the whole way here! He placed his hands on Jack and recited this beautiful verse. He declared this verse for Jack. We all cried and praised God! This is the verse we declare for Jack every day.  

It is the most amazing thing! Complete strangers will come up to us, lay their hands on Jack and pray for him. Many times they recite Jeremiah 29:11. God has such wonderful things planned for our sweet Jack! We are so blessed to watch God’s works in his life. Praise be to God!

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for reminding us all of your promises for our lives. May we be forever grateful for your love and devotion to each of us. May we always find comfort in the words you give us through scripture.  Amen.

Contributed by Nancy McCullough