It is really hard to believe that it’s New Year’s Eve. It feels like just a little bit ago I was blogging from this same hotel, in the midst of experiencing Radiate. In all honesty, it doesn’t feel like I’ve changed a lot. I had big hopes for 2015 and learning to breathe and endure no matter the circumstances. And like most New Year’s resolutions, I fell a little flat.

I’m willing to guess I’m not the only one in that boat or the only one anxious for a fresh start. But being here, surrounded by people who love Jesus, reminds me that I don’t have to wait for the clock to strike midnight to start over. I have a Savior who offers grace upon grace. In every moment. Every breath. And He is with me. And that is really all that matters. I can confess my failure and my constant not good enough-ness without shame because He is enough. Because He did succeed on the cross.

So if you’re storing up the to-do’s already for next year…and if you’re choosing words and goals and benchmarks to live by….allow yourself some grace. Right now can be your new beginning, in Jesus. And in a week when you feel like you’ve fallen flat on your face, you can start over again. Because He is good and perfect, even when we are not.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23