"thoughts of peace and not of evil"

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord,

thoughts of peace, and not of evil,

 to give you a future and a hope 

(an expected end).”

Jeremiah 29:11. 

Thinking of our country presently, 

Depicted in this art -Talk of Red, Blue, now Purple,

cracked up close,

Black, White, Brown,

Bright shades of light and fresh hope as well!

Together reflect a peace, a calm, and continual expectancy that 

"The Lord not only thinks of you, but towards you. 

His thoughts are all drifting your way."

God's Thoughts of Peace, and Our Expected End

Sermon No. 1965 Charles Spurgeon)

"This morning my desire shall be to comfort any of God’s people who are in a state of perplexity, and thus are carried away captive. I would assure them of the Lord’s kindness to them, and urge them to trust and not be afraid. God’s thoughts towards them are good, though their trials may be grievous."

"The Lord not only thinks of you, but towards you. His thoughts are all drifting your way. This is the way the south wind of His thoughts of peace is moving; it is towards you. The Lord never forgets His own, for He has engraved them upon the palms of His hands."

"Once more, and then we shall have fully compassed this text. The Lord’s thoughts are all working towards “an expected end,” or, as the Revised Version has it, “to give you hope in your latter end.” Some read it, “a future and a hope.” The renderings are instructive. God is working with a motive. All things are working together for one objective, the good of those who love God. We see only the beginning; God saw the end from the beginning."  

"Our relation to God should, next, be one of continual expectancy, especially expectancy of the fulfillment of His promises...His promises are good words; good indeed, and sweetly refreshing. When your hearts are faint then is the promise emphatically good. Expect the Lord to be as good as His good Word." 

(CHS)