Happy New Year! New year, new beginnings! This pandemic has been striking across the world in that it has touch EVERY part of the world… That’s a God thing! I believe God has been moving on the Earth sending out messages individually and collectively… It is a time for us to take heed! I believe God speaks to us every day; it’s up to us if we are paying attention to Him. Have you been paying attention to what God has been saying to YOU during this world pandemic that we are still in? As I reflected on 2021, I witnessed God usher me into an early retirement in this pandemic! What a marvelous BLESSING! He has since whispered to me twice to enjoy my retirement, which I intend to do! New beginnings! Behold, I do a new thing (Isaiah 43:19). God has also shown me people, places, and things, that will no longer be in my life in the new year. God was revealing these things to me throughout the year… New Year, new beginnings. Some of them are bittersweet, but God has impressed upon me I must not look back, but move forward. What has God been telling you and showing you in your life that needs to change? New beginnings. Because God loves us our lives are not static. They were not designed to stay the same. We serve an active, living God who is progressive and moving and working in the world every day, including in our lives, our loved one’s lives and people we don’t even know. I encourage you to incline your ear and take heed to God. Open your heart to what He is saying to YOU! This will probably include the good and the bad. So do not shrink from the bad because they are the keys to our blessings, too. Remember, ALL things work together for GOOD for those who love the Lord (Romans 8:28). I must admit when God started showing me the people, places, and things that will not be with me in the new year as part of my new beginning, I was a little sad, but I also realized in order for me to be where God needs me to be as His hands, mouth, and feet on the Earth, I have to surrender to His will for my life and not my will. It is the lifestyle we live as Christians. What is your new beginning in the new year? God is speaking… Just ask and He will reveal His will for you in 2022. Love & Blessings!