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“See,  I have written your name on the palms of My hands.” Isaiah 49:16a (NLT)

I am sure you have heard Jeremiah 29:11 quoted, seen it on t-shirts, or maybe even have this verse hanging in your home and it is so true. No doubt that God absolutely has plans for each of us beyond our understanding. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself why? Why does He have these plans for us and maybe you’re even wondering, is this really the plan? Maybe you’ve thought, this for sure wouldn’t be my plan and that can lead to questioning who God really is or what this thing called life is really all about.

I would love to have coffee with you and speak these words face to face, but writing will have to suffice. As we visited,  I would remind us that God does not see us as a mass of women walking around, He sees each one of us as individuals. I would remind us that Scripture tells us that He knew us before we were conceived. That God knew that His world, the perfect world He created, was not complete without YOU or ME! I would pause and remind us that His hands designed US! He cradled us in His heart and knew that this hair color, bone structure, quiet smile or loud laugh would be the way He wanted us, as His precious daughters, to be. He chose us, He wanted us, and He wants us to share our days with Him. The God of all the universe, who spoke the world into existence, breathed His life into us and called us child, daughter, friend, and beloved.

The plans He has for us are to know we have a place in His heart and that He desires a relationship with us above all. He desires that we know His love is displayed through the death of Jesus and His blood paying for all we’ve ever done against Him, because He never wants to lose His relationship with us. Then He wants us to chat with Him through our days, go to Him through our tears, laugh with Him through our chaos, and rest in Him through our pain.

Oh, how He adores each one of us and wants us. Just because we exist, not because of anything we’ve ever done. By His choice, our names are written on the palms of HIS hands!!

“Heavenly Father, help each of us see ourselves through Your eyes and know we are cherished and adored by You.”

For His Glory

Terrie Tollerson
TRBC Women’s Life