A Fresh Start.. Again!

It is hard to believe it is 2025, as the last year feels like it flew by twice as fast as the year before.. and it is baffling to me as to how a quarter of a century has gone by since 2000!

I am really not one for complaining, but 2024 was a doozy of a year, and definitely one of the worst. I believe that pain comes with a purpose though and as much pain as 2024 had, it may have included stepping stones for many blessings in 2025 that I don’t know about yet.

My word of the year for 2025 is “overcome”.  I will choose to overcome whatever trial presents itself, and lean on God to help me instead of trying to figure it all out myself. To accompany this, I am choosing a verse of the year which is Isaiah 41:10, and reads:"Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand".

It is so natural and part of our human nature to seek solutions to our problems and there is nothing wrong with that in itself… that is, as long as God is part of the equation.  I find that is sometimes an afterthought, and I realize later that I was trying to lean on myself which will not produce the right outcome. As much as I am generally pretty confident, I have been doubting myself more in the last year, which is likely because I was leaning on myself too much. It’s seems so simple but at the same time, so hard to do.

In 2025 and going forward, I will strive to stop thinking about what would or should have been, and just focus on the right here and right now. I will let go.. and let God!

I wish you and your family a successful and prosperous 2025!