Let's Get It Rolling, 2026!
Welcome to the New Year!
Happy New Year!!!
Yes, I’m a little behind on the celebration and merriment of the occasion. If anyone made resolutions, this may be the point where you’re reconsidering them. I hope not, unless they’re truly detrimental to yourself or your relationship with God. Take this belated Happy New Year as both a reminder and an encouragement to keep going.
Before I took a small hiatus for the holiday season, I left things on a bit of a cliffhanger as I prayed over the direction of my writing. What I feared might happen when I first started this Substack slowly came to pass: I began posting simply to post.
When I send out devotions, they aren’t meant to be produced like something from a machine just to meet a number or a schedule. Though they were drawn from my own life and readings, I slipped into the mindset that if I wasn’t posting, I wasn’t following the will of God, which simply isn’t true. The moments where I truly feel His inspiration and His leading to share are the moments meant to take root here.
The enemy truly prowls like a lion, watching and learning us throughout our lives. I’m especially prone to the temptation of staying busy and producing works in order to please God, even when my intentions begin in the right place. But the simple truth, one God reminds me of often, is that works do not equal salvation, nor do they make Him love me more. My growth as a Christian is not measured by how much I produce, but by the transformation of my heart and my habits as they align with His will. Obedience still bears fruit, but it grows from love, not pressure.
To be clear, I’m not saying works are meaningless. As James 2:18 says, “Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” I know myself well enough to recognize that when I’m not grounded in my faith, work can quietly become the focus rather than the fruit. In time, it becomes burdensome.
After much prayer and reading, I’ve been led back to where I started: posting without urgency. Moving forward, I’ll be slowing the rhythm and allowing room to breathe. Some weeks will hold new chapters of Drawn in the Dark and Faith in the Dark. Other weeks will be set aside for devotionals or reflections drawn from my ongoing research.
I’ve also outlined and begun working on a new book centered on the spiritual realm and spiritual warfare, written especially for Christians who may not often have the opportunity to talk about these things. Perhaps you grew up in a church that acknowledges spiritual warfare but doesn’t discuss it much. Maybe you’ve had spiritual experiences and hesitated to share them because you didn’t want to sound “crazy.”
This book… this book is for you. I plan to share what I’m learning as I write, bringing you along on this journey with me.
I’m truly excited to walk this road together. If you have stories you’d like to share, or anything you’d like prayer over, please don’t hesitate to message me. I’d love to spend that time with you in fellowship.
God is good!
