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His Plan – His Star

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Whether watching on the evening news 
Or just crawling from my bed
Sometimes it’s hard to see God’s plan
For all that lies ahead

He says there’s hope and future
But fears and chaos roam
These streets that once seemed good and true
And I feel far from home

But in the noise and darkness
He commands a light to shine
His mighty words and mercy
Bring wind and waves in line

So in my circumstances
Or whatever trials come
I’ll trust His plan is best for me
And His star will lead me on

HIs Plan - His Star
by Peter Caligiuri
Copyright © 2025 all rights reserved

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, 
to give you a future and a hope. 
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
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His Face I Clearly See

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Into creation’s workshop
Before the night and day
God strode onto the scene
And flicked on the sun’s first ray

And paused to smile and sit awhile
As He watched the darkness flee
Then spread out all His many tools
And drew up plans for you and me

Next, God chose an unroofed stable 
Where cows and chickens are
And in the center put a manger
So His Son could see the stars

Now through the long years of my life
That Hope still shines in me
And by starlight from so long ago
His face I clearly see

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Genesis 1:3 ESV

His Face I Clearly See by Peter Caligiuri
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Keeping Our Eyes on the Star

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After listening to the king, they went on their way and behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. Matthew 2:9 ESV

A funny thing happened to the wise men on their way to Bethlehem. Though they had followed God’s star for hundreds of miles across deserts and mountains, when they got close to their destination they decided to ask King Herod which way to go. “Now why would they do that?” we might ask. The fact is that all of us do the same thing at times. We begin in the right direction on something we know is God’s will in our lives, but somewhere along the way we begin to waver. Maybe we begin to wonder what in the world we were thinking about when we started out. No one else seems to be able to see the star we are following. Then when we doubt a strange thing happens. Our star disappears for a while.

But the same God who revealed His star to the wise men in the first place was willing to show it to them again. As soon as they left Herod’s palace the star appeared on the horizon and led them directly to Jesus Christ. So if your world seems dark and frightening the good news is that same star is still shining over the place where Jesus is today. The only difference is that the God’s star is not shining in the sky but from the pages of a book called the Bible. His promises now don’t depend on us wandering across a wilderness trying to keep it in view. Now we can trust God’s promise that He loved us so much that He sent us His Son. All we need to do is follow that star and it will lead us right to Him!

In the middle of your Christmas preparations maybe this quiet carol can bring a bit of the gentle calm of His presence for you today.