new thoughts on jeremiah 29:11

so today i called my two favorite pastors, pastors chuck smith and don stewart on pastor's perspective (888-564-6173) to ask them about jeremiah 29:11. they sort of refuted my argument that it no longer applies since God spoke it to Israelites being exiled into slavery.

pastor chuck (!!!), my boy, answered that its the basic principle - that God has good thoughts towards us - still applies. don stewart said that God is our lawyer, He defends us, loves us, has good thoughts towards us, and Jesus is our Good Shepherd. i definitely agree with them.

so i guess now i will tryyyy to believe that God wants good for my life.

now, if i could just wrap my heart around the truth that God loves me, i'd be alllllll set...