Every story has a beginning, middle, and end. Jeremiah’s letter to the Israelites suffering exile in Babylon promises a good ending. The beginning? That’s the past. There are promises in the beginning, made by a good God and you can count on those. The middle? It’s where you are now. It’s the muddy middle, a mixture of things you welcome into your life and things you’d rather not. The same God who made those promises will also care for you in the muddy middle. But, the future? The future is good. It’s really good.