Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans that I have for you,’ says Yahweh, ‘plans for shalom and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.’”
The prophet Jeremiah wrote this letter to the Jewish people who had been taken captive to Babylon in the early 6th century BCE, around 597 BCE. They were experiencing displacement and uncertainty, wondering about their future and the duration of their exile.
What does it look like to hold onto hope for a better future when your present reality feels like a profound disruption?