Coffee Talk Girl

The Enemy’s Counterfeit Plan!

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.

Mark 11:12-14 On the day following, when they had come away from Bethany, He was hungry.13 And seeing in the distance a fig tree [covered] with leaves, He went to see if He could find any [fruit] on it [[a]for in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. But when He came up to it, He found nothing but leaves, for the fig season had not yet come.14 And He said to it, No one ever again shall eat fruit from you. And His disciples were listening [to what He said].

Reflection: “I’m just so busy”! We’ve all said it, or heard it, when asked the question, what are you up to these days? It’s a common phrase we use to let people know that we are actively out there in the world doing something. After all, we don’t want people to think that we sit & watch soap operas all day, eat bon bons & sleep till noon, do we? So, we simply fill in the blank with that crafty little word “busy” and it makes us feel good that we are contributing something to the world!

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