A Plan

he will crush[b] your head,
    and you will strike his heel.”  Genesis 3:15



As we begin the Christmas season,  

I think it's appropriate to look at the beginning 

of a plan.  

Way back when Eve introduced sin into the world,

God had a plan.

A plan to correct the sin problem that we all have.

We see it in this verse verse

He will crush your head,

 and you will strike his heel.”

I love that, God, knowing we would sin,

set a plan in motion.

But the plan, though set in motion, took time.

It was accurate

and detailed.

His plan was simple a sinless man

taking on the sins of the world.

A simple plan, but many years passed.

Adam and Eve had long since died and there was no sign of a plan.

nothing to even hint that God even remembered the plan.

Don't get me wrong, things were happening

but was it related to the plan?

To the people of that day, it probably felt like God had forgotten

his plan.

But he hadn't.

He was there making sure every detail of his plan was followed.

Though it seemed as though nothing was happening,

God was overseeing his plan.

If your life seems dark, cold and lifeless,

take heart, my child, God has not forgotten his plan for your life either

and he will accomplish his plans for you as well.

In The Bleak Mid-Winter
In the bleak mid-winter 
Frosty wind made moan, 
Earth stood hard as iron, 
Water like a stone; 
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, 
Snow on snow, 
In the bleak mid-winter, 
Long ago.