“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.” -Lamentations 3:22-23(NLT)

Lucky are we to have made it through yet another year. Another 365 days have come and gone. I pray when we all wake up tomorrow in the new year, that we first remember the new mercy we have from the Lord. Today often brings reflection of the past year. The above verse reminds me, to leave the past in the past, where it belongs. It’s easy to carry on things from the year into the next. But we don’t have to. We are forgiven, we are set free, we are made new. I thought of this verse for this post, and when I read faithfulness, I smiled. The word for 2026, faithfulness, just happened to be in the verse I wanted to use tonight. God is so good. He is always with you, loving you and hoping you’ll love Him in return. Family, I pray you open your heart to him this year. If you have him in your heart, I hope you fall more in love with Him. If you don’t know Him, I pray you feel a little nudge from Him tonight wherever you may be and you listen and open your heart. It’s as simple as asking for Him to come into your heart and forgive you for your sins. He will help you with the rest.

When I think of 2026, I want to be a faithful follower. Every day, dying to myself and picking up my cross. I want His will for my life and not my own. Less of me and more of Him. I’m not expecting perfection, just praying I can take one day at a time, making decisions to be faithful each day.

Transparent moment of the post: During this post, my daughter, who is pictured above was playing so peacefully under the tree. I snapped that picture. She then moved on to play with under the sea lets go fish game, took all the pieces out and it started making a really annoying sound. I was trying teach her to put the pieces in and not play with it like its a dj turn table because it will break. She then proceeded to throw the box at my face, perfect contact with my eye. One select cuss word came out. Another gut punch from the Holy Spirit came. Alright, alright I hear you. This week’s cross to pick up, my mouth. Work in progress, so thankful for that new mercy coming in the morning<3

Praying, we all have a great year. Praying, whoever reading this, never feels alone. We are all in this together.

Another year to serve Him, wherever that may lead. Another year to grow and get closer to Him. Another year to cherish each other and also cherish the gift of the day.

Bye 2025, Hello 2026

xoxo,

Kiersten