Greetings and Happy New Year!

I just want to let you know that I stuck to my promise…I did not make any New Year resolutions, and it felt great. I am determined that this year will be the beginning of a new more adventurous me. I have always been a worrier…although I like the word cautious. I try to plan out everything. A good friend once told me that I needed to be more spontaneous, but I tried to even plan that. But, this year I am not going to feel guilty for making a mistake, or falling asleep when I stay up reading too late, or for staying in bed a little later some mornings. I am giving myself permission to rest in who God has made me to be. I know that it won’t be easy, but I trust in the promises of God. His word says that I am more than a conqueror, and I believe that. I want to love deeper this year, and not try so hard to make people love me back. I want to enjoy every day…even the ones that cause me to say scriptures out loud…lol.

I love the Lord, and I know that everything He does is good—whether I think so at the time or not. I know that God hears my prayers, and that He has put in me everything that I need to be the woman of God that He has called me to be. I know that I have the power of the Lord within me, and that gives me strength for the journey. I trust Him in a way I never have before. He is opening up new ways for me, and little by little, I am beginning to see the vision.

I know that everything I went through last year is bringing me to a new place in Him. He is my Comforter, my Hero, my Friend…and although His teaching is sometimes hard, I know that He is working it out for my good.

Lord, I pray for the person who is reading this message today. I pray that you reveal to them a new way of seeing…that they begin to see with their hearts—and not their eyes. I pray that they will see the manifestation of whatever dream you have given to them. I pray that they will hold on to Your promises, and that whenever they feel weak they will remember that they have an Advocate who is standing by waiting...

Until next time…

Be blessed!