it’s been a while since i’ve wrote. life has a way of moving by too fast and time seems so quick to go by without realizing.
2022, u were a wild one. it is safe to say that i am so grateful for what occurred during the past year. from graduating high school and starting college. meeting new wonderful friends. learning how to grow and mature in my walk with Christ. 2022 had major triumphs and many trials. i’ve lost friends that i thought i would have forever and learned what it’s like to get away from God and have to pull myself back into His Word and trust His plan, even when life seemed so altering. i was unbalanced more often than not, and lost control more often than i remained at peace.
so many people around this time are writing goals and plans for theirselves for the new year. rather it’s saving money, living a more healthy lifestyle, or even changing themselves all together with the common saying “new year, new me.” this time of year is profound and meaningful to many people.
sometimes it is so easy to look at what all the past year didn’t bring you. for some people, a new year means another year w out a loss loved one or another year reminding one what he or she does not have. yet, it’s all about the mindset. 2022 may have been hard, but your mindset is what determines it as good or bad.
after all the years of challenges and new goals i set for myself. this year, i seem to not have any goals but to “be still.” 2022, for me, contained many goals of what i had to be to attain the things i did or didn’t want, it contained many weeks focused on others instead of God, it prioritized human desires over heavenly desires, and in all, the sense to have my life completely together made me fall apart more often than remain in tact.
so this year, 2023, maybe you are confused on what it will turn out like. if you will get that job, or that person, or even that prayer u pray for every night. but the simplicity in “being still” and knowing our God is a God that works everything together for the good of his people. in my opinion, that expresses feelings of peace like no other.
there is always good and bad in every year. but the one u put your faith and passion into is what u receive out of it. this world is temporary. a pit stop before eternity. focus on HIM and watch pure JOY overflow this year.
2023, may you bring all of the peace, joy, and faith. it seems the stillness is where i feel God most.
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