Dear Artist Child,
Nothing that happens to you is outside of my plan for you. I know this is very difficult to understand sometimes. From your finite perspective it would seem much better for My plan for your creative life to unfold in a straight line. To you it feels like one detour after another, one hurdle to get over, another storm to weather, more days of dogged mundaneness to endure before the real business of living your creative life can happen. I’m here to say to you, it is ALL part of the creative life I’m crafting in you.
Grab hold of this truth, that My plan for you is a good one, and you will be able to see small beauties even in the midst of dark times. Your life is not a haphazard mish-mosh of random events and circumstances, though it may feel that way to you.
And beware of trying to determine on your own what “good” is…I myself am the one who defines this word, for I AM the embodiment of Good.
To carry you through difficult times, search through your day for little things you are thankful for. Use any of your creative faculties for this: write them out in simple haiku, sketch a few of them, knit something for someone else, etc. Whatever circumstance you find yourself battling (illness, job loss, difficulty with children, aging parents, financial hardship, etc) fight against despair with your art. Art transforms, uplifts, smooths out, and provides an expression for all you are feeling.
There is no need to trust “the plan”….only trust Me in the midst of the plan I have for you. I will uphold. I will provide. This is my promise to you.
Your loving Father
“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.”
Jeremiah 29:11
i cannot begin to express what the letters have meant and are meaning to me. thank you so much jennifer. please keep them coming. i see a book of these in the future!!
I am so glad the Letters are helpful! They certainly are to me. Thank you for taking the time to write a comment!:)
You encourage us all, dear Jennifer!
Thank you, dear dad!
“Trust Me and not the plan”??? That’s huge.
It seems simple, but like you said, has huge ramifications. I keep thinking I’ve figured out His plan for me and when things don’t seem to line up, I’m off kilter. Trusting Him every moment in the plan brings more peace. Thanks for reading the letters Teresa, and commenting.
So glad to see others commenting and showing you just how your letters speak to our hearts! I look forward to them each day and also to the lovely, lively, soft paintings you include. It echoes the inner messages from the Father that sing in my heart. These letters help me listen to those inner messages!
Even in a week like this one when I am grieving the loss of a dear cousin, I am reminded of the blessings of my life, my art and the blessings of my cousin’s life. Thank you once again Jennifer. Blessings!
Thought I’d point out that since I have registered with WoorPress, I’m now listed as ehwilson2013, but I’m still just me….Elsie Hickey Wilson. LOL
And I am so glad, Elsie, that you are still checking in here, even in the midst of your sadness. Blessings to you and your family!