There is an Expected End- Jeremiah 29:11

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There is an Expected End- Jeremiah 29:11

Expected ends are what keeps us all going. It's our hope we hang on to in the darkest moments.

The Lord says in Jeremiah 29:11 that His thoughts towards us are of peace and not evil, to give us an expected end.

Liken an expected end to child birth and pregnancy as a whole. The day the woman returns from her doctor after he has confirmed her suspicions of pregnancy is the highlight of a woman. She has just been given a great promise with an expected end. Joy is her day-- she's thrilled-- on top of the world. Great joy abounds! But then the morning sickness comes and you wonder how great this ride will be. Your whole life and body starts to change; clothes don't fit, you have a season of tiredness, a time of restlessness, moving around starts to get difficult. Just as with the promise God gives us; doubts sit in, restlessness, you feel you don't fit in-- the list is endless. But as with the pregnancy you know you have an expected end! At the end is your blessing. But all though you know on a given day-- a day that is tentative not 100% sure-- there are times that you wonder if your blessing (the baby) will ever come. Especially in the long stretch of the last month and the due day nears and sometimes passes with no baby yet.

With God we know that he gives us provisions to carry us until the promise comes. In the pregnancy morning sickness is relieved by many methods-- with God the "morning sickness" is cured with His Word, our praises to Him and His touch. As in the pregnancy we know the signs of the nearing of the end so do we know the signs of the end of your birthing of the blessing of God. There are times after you feel the baby should be here, now you begin to wonder how much of a blessing this really is! Your mind says "yes there is an expected end" but your body says "this baby will never come." It's at those times that doubts set in-- can I handle this blessing-- am I ready for this-- is it worth the pain? Like going into a public place and it seems that day of doubts that everywhere you turn there are brats-- unruly-- disobedient-- loud-- children and you say this is my expected end?! But with the reassurance of family, friends, and your doctor you pick yourself up and joy reigns again. But the day or night of the expected end comes-- you hold your blessing with tears of joy and all the doubts, pains and uncertainty all disappear.

Just as the day of God's promise coming to pass for you! A day of great joy, great relief and you look back and see the things you have learnt on this journey. Just as the promise lies within your womb and will not be birthed until the right season-- God will never leave you or forsake you-- the promise will come forth at the expected end!

Written by: Angie Brown

January 1997