I can be really good about racing ahead into the next thing. I like to get all the boxes checked and watch items fall off my to-do list.

But as I get older, I realize when I do that, I miss the good stuff.

I miss seeing all of the times He showed up in ways I didn’t notice at the time.

 

My word of the year in 2024 was surrender.

When He gave me that word, I had no idea how meaningful it would become.

I thought it was all about my dreams for accomplishments – personal accomplishments – that I was surrendering.

As my hands opened in obedience, it became far more.

He didn’t want what I was going to do.

He wanted to show me what He could do with my obedience.

The color of the world changes completely when you give every moment to Him.

In 2024, I surrendered what I thought family was supposed to look like.

I surrendered my timelines.

I surrendered my dreams.

I surrendered all the things that I thought might make me a saint.

I just want Him – my every moment, my every thought, my every breath.

I may have a long journey ahead, but I will wake up each day with the hope of surrender.