Happy New Year!!

As we step into a new year, I don’t come with bold predictions or sweeping resolutions. What I bring is simpler – and steadier – a quiet trust in the God who has already proven Himself faithful.

We recently spent a few days with our son, his wife, and their daughter, and the time together reminded me of a principle I’ve long tried to live by: to leave the world a little better than I found it. It’s not a dramatic calling, but it’s a faithful one, shaped by daily choices and small acts that add up over time.

I know my reach is limited. I don’t shape the world at large, but I can tend the piece of it God has placed in front of me. I can choose to trust Him with each step, acknowledge Him in the ordinary moments, and let Him straighten the path as I move forward.

This has been an aspiration of mine long before I became a Christian – and if I’m honest, I haven’t always lived it out well, even since coming to faith. But a new year reminds me that God is not finished with us yet. He continues His work, refining, correcting, and guiding us as we place our trust in Him.

My prayer for the year ahead is that these small, faithful efforts – mine and yours – might make the world incrementally better, and that together we would move into the days ahead trusting the One who watches over us from beginning to end.

Happy New Year.

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As we step into a new year, we don’t do so empty-handed. We carry with us the memory of God’s faithfulness – how He has watched over us, guided our steps, and continued His work in us. This short video is a reminder that the same God who sustained us through the past year is already present in the year ahead. As the fireworks fade and ordinary days begin to unfold, we move forward trusting Him to lead us – and to use our small, faithful steps to make the world around us just a little better, from beginning to end.