Does God still love us when things are hard?
Jesus makes all things new. 2019 is a sign of that.
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There's something hopeful about a new year. Somehow, it gives us permission to let go of the things that were so bad the year before. Or, at the very least, it gives us hope that things are going to get better.
I can't promise that 2019 will be good for you, any more than I have control over whether it'll be good for me. I don't know what's going to happen. But, together, let's make the decision that 2019 will be the year we make positive changes. 2019 will be the year we approach everything with a hopeful heart. 2019 will be the year we trust God more. 2019 will be the year that nothing will stop us.
Sometimes, it can feel like the goal we're trying to reach is hopeless. It can feel like we carve and carve against rock, and yet nothing gets done. It's tempting to just give up. Heck, it'd be easier.
But we never know, do we, just what God has in store for us around the corner? That maybe we feel like He's let us down in a big way, that there doesn't seem to be a reason for the things He allowed to happen.
And maybe we'll never know that reason. Maybe, somehow, we just have to find a way to love Him anyway, because of how fiercely He loves us.
And just continue to be persistent, whether we're guaranteed that our hopes and dreams will come true. We keep going anyway. Because, somehow... God's got this. Even if it doesn't feel like it.
In 2019, let's be willing to work with God on Plan B. It may not be our plan. It may not even be what we saw for ourselves. But somehow... it's the plan that gives us hope.
It's that new job. The new friendship. The new house. Changing relationships. Finding a way to have hope after a tragedy. It doesn't mean that everything was supposed to happen a certain way in 2018. But it just means that, whatever happened... we can have hope that we're going to be okay.
Sometimes, God is our Plan B. Sometimes, the new normal is our Plan B. It doesn't mean that things are perfect. It just means there will be hope that, even if things never get to be exactly how we wish they were... God's going to get us through it.
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About the Author
Lisa Mayer loves Jesus and his people very much. She takes to heart, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself."
She loves her husband Rich and her furbaby, Scooby. She loves her family and friends. She loves writing. In her free time, you'll find her curled up in her superhero pajamas binge-watching her favorite TV shows or movies, catching up on her reading list, or playing Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. She loves bike-riding, adventures and traveling. She crosses something off my bucket list every year.
She’s a total nerd and not afraid to be different. She has anxiety and OCD and is a proud mental health warrior who wants to break the stigma of mental health.
She writes because she loves it, but most of all because she loves Jesus and her readers. She hopes her books will reflect who she is: someone who wants to inspire others and make a difference. She hopes they give you a serious case of the feels, and that they make you laugh. Most of all, she hopes they help you know just how much Jesus loves you.
She is the author of The Aletheian Journeys: The Arrow Bringer, which will be released by Write Integrity Press, LLC on 3-19-19.
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