New year, Same Me

 Twenty Twenty Six. 


One time, it was just a random year, so far flung in the future that we couldn't even begin to imagine what it would hold. And here it is. I love the new year. I love setting up a new journal and coming up with intentions, goals, and imagining all the possibilities that the next twelve months will hold. 


And this year is quite the clean slate. I just moved to a new town and a new state, where I've just begun to meet new friends and acquaintances. The job market is open to me and yet..
I'm fearful of all the open possibilities. 


This year, my intention is to put priorities in the correct order. For me, 2025 was a huge year of transition and finding groundedness between all the upheaval. It was taking some huge risks and trusting God to sort it all out. Well, I'm still waiting for God to sort it all out. Or at the very least, to guide me in the right direction. 


My focused verse of the year is James 1:5: "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you."


And oh, my! Do I lack wisdom!


Yet, it's okay. I don't need to know the next step or the one after that. I just need Jesus. I can rest in knowing that the creator of the universe, who is all-knowing, knows what's next for me. That he has it all worked out. I don't have to worry about what my life is going to look like this year, because He has already seen it. I lack the wisdom to know what to do next, but God will let me know. And I'm perfectly okay with that. I have my moments of weakness, sure. Some days, I forget that he has it all handled, and all I want to do is couch rot and cry. But then getting those priorities in the right place, and I'm at peace again.


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