Happy New Year everyone. 2019. WOW. So many thoughts surrounding heading into a new year. I have no idea what God has in store for me and my family this year, but I will walk into it with great expectations, curiosity, and confidence that God is up to something good.

“We’re on the brink of an adventure, children. Don’t spoil it with too many questions”—-Mary Poppins.

Too often we want to know what is going to happen, when it is going to happen, where it will happen, and why it will happen. We question A LOT before we actually DO things. I do this. But, like this line above from the new Mary Poppins Returns movie, we often “spoil” the adventure with too many questions. By the way, this movie is FANTASTIC…Do yourself a favor and go see it! It will bring a smile to your face and perhaps some tears to your checks. It’s a fabulously fun, creative, and brillant movie!

We need to take that leap of faith, trust scared often times, and anticipate goodness on the other side of our jump. Sure, there may be bumpy parts on the path where God leads us, but He knows what He is doing. Those bumps are part of the journey too. They help develop character, increase our dependence on Him, and refine the jagged parts of our heart. God wants us to step out in faith and who are we to “question” His gracious guiding.

Let’s go on adventures this year, friends. This could mean trying new recipes, traveling to foreign places, embracing new friendships, changing your perspective on something, thinking outside of the box, taking a dance class, learning a new language, using your voice to advocate for that thing that stirs your soul and breaks your heart, or just embarking on a trail of anything unfamiliar.
I don’t always have a word for the year. I am a woman of many words, so choosing one or two is just not easy for me. Fellow loquacious females and writers, you totally get it. But, God gave me two words as an anthem for this year. The two words for my 2019 are hope and change. “Be the change you hope to see in this world” is a powerful quote that is part of my inspiration for these two words. There are many areas of my life that I would like to see change in. Positive change. Growth and renewal. Refreshing and motivating. Bring on this type of change.
I want to live in hopeful expectation of change. I want hope to reside in my heart and on my lips. I want others to see this in the way I live my life as well.
Here’s to a year of CHANGE and HOPE; and living life as a true adventurer.
Be Brave on the Narrows, my friends.
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