Jeremiah 29:11

“"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."”

Where it comes from

Written in a letter to exiles in Babylon who had just been told they would be there seventy years. The promise came with instructions to build houses and plant gardens where they were.

What it means

This verse is often pulled out as a promise that life will go our way. Read in place, it's braver than that: God's good plan included a long season the people didn't choose, and he told them to be faithful inside it. Hope and a future were real, and so was the waiting. That makes the verse stronger, not weaker, for the season you're in.