January: A Giant Monday
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January and I have a rocky past. It's usually a very long and dreadful month for me, including cratered emotions and a bleak outlook.
Now listen, January did have 117 days, but God used every single one to captivate me.
2024 really pushed me into a corner. I spent most of the year feeling distant from God, wandering into an unknown space of desolation and loneliness.
The ingredients were prime for a depressing and painful January. But it just wasn't.
I've made small changes to what I eat + implemented a few at-home workouts, and already, my body feels stronger.
But it's my spirit that was revived.
As a homeschooling mama, our days at home can feel lonnnnng. There are some that bring resistant learning and combative attitudes, and not just from the kiddos.
Now listen, January did have 117 days, but God used every single one to captivate me.
2024 really pushed me into a corner. I spent most of the year feeling distant from God, wandering into an unknown space of desolation and loneliness.
The ingredients were prime for a depressing and painful January. But it just wasn't.
I've made small changes to what I eat + implemented a few at-home workouts, and already, my body feels stronger.
But it's my spirit that was revived.
As a homeschooling mama, our days at home can feel lonnnnng. There are some that bring resistant learning and combative attitudes, and not just from the kiddos.
The enemy wants me entrenched in my emotions, exhausted, and short-fused.
The enemy wants to wreak havoc in my head, my heart, and our home.
But January was different.
I surrendered.
Surrendered my relationships.
Surrendered my expectations and disappointments.
Surrendered to peace.
God never left me last year.
The noise was just too loud.
My priorities and focus weren't aligned with Him.
He's a God of peace and order, and anything different will not be allowed to prosper.
January was a month of surrender, but this is just the beginning.
The enemy wants to wreak havoc in my head, my heart, and our home.
But January was different.
I surrendered.
Surrendered my relationships.
Surrendered my expectations and disappointments.
Surrendered to peace.
God never left me last year.
The noise was just too loud.
My priorities and focus weren't aligned with Him.
He's a God of peace and order, and anything different will not be allowed to prosper.
January was a month of surrender, but this is just the beginning.