A Simple Plan“For I know the thoughts [or plans] that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace [shalom or wholeness, nothing missing, nothing broken] and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11) In the 1998 movie A Simple Plan, Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton are two brothers who find a bag of money who had a simple plan to hide and use the money but it leads to many problems. For some people, a simple plan for real meaning in life is running for governor of California, the next Bali vacation, a corner office, a bigger house, a newer car, or a younger wife. It is a life based on Carnal Knowledge and pleasurable experiences. Many people have worked their entire
life to gain a Robin Leach Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous only to
find a life that has no peace, that is empty and devoid of meaning.
King Solomon was a man who had nothing withheld from him. He was a wise
ruler, a great builder, a rich businessman, and a greedy lover of women.
Every imaginable pleasure was his, but he discovered that these things
alone could not satisfy the human soul. Bob Hope is gone, but the prophet
Jeremiah reminds us that God has a simple but wonderful plan for us,
and His plan is to prosper us with peace and to deliver us from evil,
to give us a future and a hope. Copyright © 2003 Eddy Ministries. All rights reserved. Subscribe/Unsubscribe: eddyn@earthlink.net
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