“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”
Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
I usually don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions. They so often are unrealistic, poorly planned, and short-lived. But this year will be different for me. I think I know why resolutions don’t work so well, and how to make sure they stick.
1. Coincidence. Now is the perfect time for me to implement some changes in my life that have already been brewing in my mind for quite a while. It just happened to land at the beginning of a new year. I’ve been growing, learning, and making adjustments all 2025, and I’d be making these changes anyway no matter what time of year it is. Waiting around for the perfect time sets you up to keep waiting. Now is the perfect time, whenever now is. Using the new year’s energy as it coincides with mine to boost my momentum is genius.
2. Habit. As I stated, I’ve been making change and improvement a habit, part of my new mindset, my new lifestyle. Letting life suck me dry all year, then going through superhuman effort to pull myself out of the hole in the middle of winter, is a waste! Staying comfortable will keep you comfortable. Keep growing all year. Using the force of habit to secure habitual development and stay out of the hole is its own power. This won’t wither away in February.
3. Love. A few years ago life dropped some things in my lap that demanded radical change. God showed up and offered me a way out: His love. I took it. As I’ve been growing in His love, it’s changing me at my core. Now I know what love is, how to love myself and my gifts, how to see and work for the best in others. All of my hopes and dreams for 2026 are for those I love more intensely than ever: myself, my family, my friends, all the communities where I live, grow, work, and worship. The world will benefit from my love for them. I’m excited to be able to contribute to their blessing. They are worth all my best efforts. God is worth the glory that comes. My limited ideas and resources and my limiting circumstances can only keep me limited. Using the power of divine purpose to push past the hard part, push over the humps that usually stump me before spring, push out from the ditches to go again, is unstoppable.
Alright, God! You started something in me already. Let’s get to your expected end! 2026 is our year!
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