Jeremiah 29:11

I was traveling by bus with a group of excited students and my colleagues. We were having a playful time together without a care in the world. Suddenly, I received a text message from my fiancée that instantly changed my mood from joy to sadness. My fiancée told me that he wanted “to break up with me.” These blunt words were like a sword in my heart. I was utterly lost, speechless, and in pain. The tears started rolling down my cheeks. I was embarrassed in front of my colleagues as I tried to put on a calm exterior. I knew I had to do something, so I sent a text message back to my fiancée asking why he was doing this, and what I did wrong? He replied with another text message, saying it was complicated; that he had lots of things on his mind, and that he wasn’t ready for a responsible relationship. I replied with another text, saying it was o.k.; and that we would talk about it that night.

On the way back to our school, I pondered over my predicament. The more I thought about it and what I would say to my fiancée that night, the more agitated I got. I needed to find a way out of this agony. But, what to do? Then I looked outside the bus and saw how beautiful God had fashioned His nature, and how settled and purposeful it all seemed to me. “Why couldn’t I feel like this?” I thought, and then, as if by a miracle, the words of Jeremiah came to me: “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.” From that moment, I was relieved of my anxiety as I burst out crying, and I asked the Lord to do His will, not my own.

When I spoke with my fiancée that night, I was a different person. The Lord gave me the grace to control my heart and not to get upset or angry but to understand everything my fiancée was going through and to offer my opinions with gentleness, not bitterness. We felt drawn again to each other, stronger than we ever were before. We decided to continue our relationship and, no matter what would happen, to grow in understanding so that our relationship would similarly grow and survive the ups and downs of life. God worked this miracle in our relationship so that we got the confidence to plan our wedding in spite of the fact that we were living in different countries.

If only we can trust in God’s plan for us, nothing is impossible. Even if our problems are as big as mountains, God will guide us over them. He promises to remain faithful to us and not to let us be harmed for He has plans to give us “hope and a future.”

Mary June Orezar

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