On 2026...

A prayer for the new year.

Full disclosure, this is the not the post I had planned for today. I guess there’s really no reason for me to tell you that, because you wouldn’t have known; but I guess I just want to make it really clear that if you find yourself needing to pivot just eight days into the new year, it’s more than OK.

Thanks to a microphone that mysteriously won’t connect to my computer (even though I’m doing the same plugging and button-pushing I have been for a year and a half) and a set of built-ins I’m painting for the second time in a month (the color I originally picked was so beautiful but ended up being a show-stopping focal point when I was hoping for more of a subtle pop of whimsy), I am sitting on my Green Couch, typing out this prayer ten minutes before my posts and pods typically hit your inboxes each Thursday.

Here’s to more pivoting and more praying in 2026.

God, I need you. Sometimes I forget that, and sometimes that makes me feel weak. Help me to remember that you literally created me to need you. Needing you is part of my DNA, and being with you brings me fully to life. I want to live fully alive this year. I want more freedom, more faith, more fruitfulness from my life. Impress upon my mind and heart the truth that all of those things come when I put myself in your presence — when I abide, remain, dwell, set up camp with you. Help me to recognize the stirring in my soul that whispers, ‘pray about this.’ Remind me over and over and over that the one who has all knowledge, all power, and all love created me, cherishes me, and craves connection with me. God, I need you. Thank you for that. Amen.