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The Plans I Have for You

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” - Jeremiah 29:11

This seemed like his only chance. His father had died before he could receive an education in England as his older brother Lawrence had. However with his father’s death his family could not afford to send him. Luckily, through his brother Lawrence, he was granted an opportunity. He was secured an appointment in the Royal Navy.

On the morning March 3rd, 1747, he stood at the dock in Baltimore Harbor. He stared at the large wooden vessel, the HMS Devonshire, under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Warren. He walked up the gangplank as a voiced called out to him from behind.

“GEORGE STOP!”.

He turned around to see his mother standing on the dock below.

“Do not get on that ship,” she cried, “I forbid you.”

“I must,” he replied “It is the only way.”

He turned back toward the ship and continued up the gang plank until he reached the deck of the ship. At the top a midshipmen was there to greet him. He was holding a stack of papers, and asked the young man, “What is your name?”

The young man took a deep breath and replied, “George Washington.”

The midshipmen looked over the papers and found his name. “Welcome aboard the Devonshire.”
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