For I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you
and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
On this birthday, the first day of a new year in my life, I
am awestruck by all the ways God has carried out this promise over the course
of my life. That knowledge gives me hope for the future, whatever it holds. The
past two years have been a bumpy ride, and I’m grateful for the friends and
family who have sustained me as I have grieved losses. I’m especially grateful
for the listening and kindness of my pastor, who will soon be moving on as our
church calls a new permanent pastor—a new adventure and new possibility for
relationship.
Now in the autumn of my life, always my favorite season as a
young child, I am assessing what opportunities the future might hold for
serving God in different ways. My most recent project was to put together my
first book of poems written out of my experiences on my first medical mission
trip and my first trip to Nicaragua. The trip blessed my life in so many ways,
many intangible, which I could only begin to express through poetry. God has
had a hand in this project. I have offered the book in exchange for a donation
to next year’s mission trip back to Nicaragua and have been amazed by the
response of those who have read the poems and graciously donated. Who but God knew there was a poet hiding inside all this time. God is good.
All the time.
Grace and Peace,
Donna Sue
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