What will 2025 bring for us?  The possibilities of what the future might bring are countless and we in fact can’t predict with much accuracy what the events will be. 

 When speaking of the future, Spanish-speaking people often use the expression “si Dios quiere” which if translated can mean “if God wishes”. This is really a good lesson about the future and how little control we have over what will happen and how poor we really are at predicting what lies a head for us.  Meteorologists are much better at forecasting the weather than they did 100 years ago because of technology, but technology can’t foresee what will happen in our lives or how our plans for ourselves will turn out.

I think it would be wise to have some humility and recognize who is really in charge of our futures. If God wishes it to happen it will and it will be as it should be because of His plans for us.

For I know the plans I have for you, plans for welfare and not for evil, plans to give you a hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

This doesn’t mean we should not try to help ourselves move toward good goals for our lives. We have to help ourselves by following God’s guidance.

German poet Rainer Marie Rilke penned these words.

And now, let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.

Listen to God through the Holy Spirit, remember He loves you unconditionally and ultimately the future of almost everything depends on if God wishes it to be.  Thanks be to God!

Patty