Do you need a DO over?

Good Morning Gorgeous,

It’s a brand NEW day! A fresh NEW start and all things are being made NEW!

Every. Single. Morning! HIS mercies are brand NEW.

If yesterday was hard, today doesn’t have to be.

If yesterday drained you of energy, the Lord has a fresh strength for your bones.

If yesterday was a battle, today can be the VICTORY!

If last year literally stunk, 2025 can be a sweet smelling aroma rising up!

Do not judge a new day, a new season, a new assignment by the last one!

Our family spent yesterday in one of our most favorite places, Busch Gardens. We love the rides, the food, the train, the animals.

Chuck and I love to walk the park hand in hand and watch our kids have fun. It’s such a full, blessed feeling.

Yesterday definitely had moments of that, but in full transparency, ALOT of the day was hard.

Our kids were just not themselves. They were irritable and acting mean to eachother. There would be peace and then one would say something and the domino effect would begin.

And one of my sons had a really hard time, and was struggling with all of it. Hard struggling. I am still not sure what the trigger may have been, but he had a very hard afternoon.

The kind of hard that makes a parent begin to question, “What am I doing wrong here? Where do I need to change to help my child?”

Here’s the thing though, it’s a little hard to analyze your life mid child tantrum.

So you do the best you can in the moment. Which for me meant he lost a lot of privileges and I was praying ALOT.

Yes, I was praying in my prayer language right out loud in the Busch Gardens! We needed help and my help comes from the Lord!

Why do I share all of this “tea” about our day when I could simply post the beautiful photos and tell you, “It was an amazing day!” ?

Why get so real with you?

Because we serve a God who shows up right in the middle of our mess.

Because I am living a life surrendered unto Jesus and yet it’s still messy at times.

Because if I’m gonna preach Jesus, but then I hide the places He’s redeeming in my life, you may get a false idea that when we follow Jesus there’s no more hard days.

Because I’m real and dedicated to sharing that I am IN PROCESS and I will continue to be in process until my final breath.

We DID have an amazing day, but it was also incredibly HARD. And Jesus was there with His equipping grace for ALL of it.

I’m a better mother this morning because of Jesus and guess what, my sweet boys are having a beautiful morning. They are playing quietly with Legos and they woke up apologizing to us.

And we told them, “God’s mercies are NEW everyday. Today is a new day and it’s fresh.”

About a half hour into my morning bible reading this morning, Brycen showed up at my desk with this!

He asked me to take Communion with him!

Come on Jesus!!!!

What a complete change from yesterday!

So we did. I stopped what I was doing and told Brycen how much I loved him and we took Communion, prayed together, and asked Jesus to help us be more like Him.

Today is a total DO OVER!!

For our family and for you!

Friends, No matter what the last season looked like or even how messy the current season may be, Call on JESUS and watch Him work!

He will turn the test into a testimony.

The mess into a message.

The fear into bold movement.

The shaky sand into solid ground.

Jesus is the ONLY way to live full and abundantly. There is no salvation in any other Name but Jesus. There is no other foundation by which to build a life.

As you close out 2024, do you know Jesus?

Is He the One you run to when you need help?

Is your life Built on His Word?

Friends, the time to surrender is now. And it will be the best decision of your whole life. You literally pass from death to life. And all things become NEW. If the gospel has always sounded crazy to you, it’s because the Bible explains that we have to believe FIRST and then understanding is given. It’s the opposite of the world where we want to understand and then we will believe.

Here’s how to recieve Jesus today!

Believe in your heart and speak it aloud with your tongue.

Dear Jesus,

I believe You are the Son of God, that You died for me and rose again. I am sorry for doing things my way. I recognize my need for you today as my Savior and also Lord of my life. I receive Your forgiveness today and I desire to follow You all the days of my life. Make me new and come work in the hard parts of my life today. I am finally ready to give you my life. All of it.

In Jesus’s Name. Amen.

And here are all the pictures from yesterday! There were lots of beautiful moments!