Hearts Ablaze Corner

TOO OFTEN WE FORGET THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EACH LIFE. WHETHER WE'RE TRAIPSING THROUGH A PARK OR STANDING BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, GOD DOES NOT ONLY HAVE A PLAN FOR EACH ONE OF US, BUT HE KNOWS HOW TO EXECUTE THAT PLAN. IN ACTS 12, WE SEE HOW UNIQUE THIS PLAN IS; IT IS TAILOR MADE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. JAMES' PLAN WAS DIFFERENT THAN THAT FOR PETER. HEROD DID NOT REALIZE THIS, SO HE HAD IMPRISONED PETER AND WAS BENT ON EXECUTING HIM, AS HE HAD DONE WITH JAMES. THIS KING WAS A PEOPLE PLEASER AND SOUGHT TO INGRATIATE HIMSELF WITH THE JEWS WHO WERE AGAINST THE JESUS FOLLOWERS, THOSE OF THE WAY, AS THEY WERE CALLED. SO HIS AGENDA WAS TO ASSASSINATE THE LEADERS. IMPRISONED AND FACING WHAT SEEMED LIKE IMMINENT DEATH WITHIN HOURS, PETER SLEPT. CHAINED TO GUARDS TO HELP PREVENT THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIS ESCAPE, PETER SLEPT, OR MORE ACCURATELY, SLUMBERED. WE NEED TO LEARN A LESSON FROM THIS TRIED AND TESTED DISCIPLE. WHEN IN HARD PLACES, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE. NOTHING OR NO ONE CAN SEPARATE US FR