2025

As the year closes, I am not counting accomplishments or failures. I am paying attention to what remained. What endured when plans changed, when strength ran thin, when answers did not arrive on time.

This year asked more than I expected. It required steadiness when clarity was limited and faithfulness when results were slow. I learned again that life rarely moves by clean chapters. Most days are written in pencil, not ink, and grace shows up quietly rather than dramatically.

On this New Year’s Eve, I am reminded that Jesus did not promise ease, but presence. He did not offer certainty, but direction. He did not remove the valley, but He walked into it with us. That has been enough. It is still enough.

As midnight approaches, I release what I cannot carry forward. Regret. Fear. The need to control outcomes. I step into the coming year with trust instead of urgency, obedience instead of noise, and hope rooted deeper than circumstances.

Tomorrow will not be a reset. It will be a continuation. Another day to show up, to serve, to love well, and to walk faithfully with the One who holds time itself.

I enter the new year not demanding answers, but willing to listen.

—John Hargrove

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