Grace

 Another year, another word for the year.  This year I did something different. Instead of picking a word for the year, I let someone else (the Purpose Doesn’t Pause) do it for me! So instead of praying over it, I prayed over the words they would choose for me and others. And you know what? I feel like it still some weight. The verse that was written on the postcard with it, was a verse I had already been thinking about, a verse that a friend shared that same week, and a needed reminder in the season. 

So here comes the year of GRACE! As in, His Grace is sufficient. In our weakness. Showing up in time of need. His grace makes a way.  Renewing our hearts. Filling us with Himself when we are empty. Influence when we don’t have it together on our own. Grace. Given. With favor. 

I often feel like as a mom of a young child (and awaiting another sweet arrival)  that I don’t have the capacity to show up in a lot of other areas. But I am being reminded that sometimes when we don’t feel like we have a lot more of us to give, is when God can works wonders. Beyond what we thought we could have done, because it’s no longer just me trying to be good at something, but inviting him into it, because it wouldn’t happen otherwise. I’ve been encouraged with that in mind, to keep doing the things and working out the gifts that He has placed inside me…still working out the logistics of that, but feeling that it’s more possible. “My grace is sufficient for you, My power is made perfect in weakness.” 

Every year I’m amazed how each word is needed and works itself out. 2025 was the year of WITH, to which I thought was too simple, and kinda funny. But this past year as I walked through heartache and grief and tried to hope again. Having God walk it out with me was the only way through. Knowing He was steadfast, knowing He was to be trusted was the only anchor for my soul. I could not go if He didn’t go with me.