Dear Ones,
Hope you rang in the New Year with anticipation of what 2026 holds. We had a fun New Years with lots of
football games and treats and also projects getting done. Today I plan to do food prep and bake cookies
and also some more projects.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
It is wonderful that we can leave things up to God and not worry when we place things in His hands; but He also may ask us to take responsibility for some things we need to do or a change we need to make. We are partners with Him: He does the directing and we are to obey in however He leads us. Sometimes we complicate things as we fail to follow through doing His will and do our own instead.

But how do we put Him first? I memorized Psalm 27 where David is saying that he will seek after the Lord all the days of his life and with his heart He will seek His face. He asks God to teach him His way and lead him. It is a good recipe for our lives as well. We are to pursue God and seek to know Him more and more. Each day spend time talking to Him, thinking about Him, reading the Word and letting Him be in first place.

We don’t need more things, we need God’s presence. It’s so wonderful we don’t have to earn His love, but rather receive His love and find our value in Him and not what we do. Some of us might feel we have to perform well for Him to love us, but that is not the case. He loves us even when we blow it and He gives us a clean slate when we ask forgiveness. None of us deserve His love, but by faith we receive it and let Him change us to be the person He created us to be. Let us walk in His love and put Him in first place in our lives daily.

Challenge for today: Let the Lord change you from the inside out as you cooperate with the Holy Spirit and put everything in His hands.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy