"Look at me."

Happy New Year! Woohoo!

This year holds a loooootttt of surprise packages for us, positive ones, I mean! 

I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who made last year beautiful on this blog. THANK YOU, if you read a post or two. Or more! THANK YOU for your support, comments and encouragements. Thank you if you shared my blog posts! Honestly? Y'all are the best. 

I would love to share with you how I took the news of the new year coming with random knocks on my door, ready to pull out 2022 by the ears, her hands ready to fly in the air and claim space and time.

How do I even start explaining how I felt when I heard the news? 

It was surreal. It felt like a dream. I was losing air. I couldn't breathe. My lungs seemed to have forgotten their function.

It was not because of an appreciated ecstasy. It was excitement, but a different kind. This one engulfed my entire existence, and even though it felt familiar, I was trying my best to wish it away. Nothing made sense.

The truth is I was scared! 

Another year was coming! (Which is now here.)

What?... When?... How?! I thought.

The more I tried to wrap my head around this information, the more I didn't understand, and the more I was distracted by what was to come. I was overwhelmed.  

I tried my hardest to appreciate that the new year would be worth it and I'll be fine. Well, in my defense? Fine is far from what I actually want to be! I want to be great! Not just fine.

"Look at me." He said, catching me off guard.

It was strange at first. How all my thoughts and fearful feelings about the new year seemed to dissipate. I searched for the voice until my eyes found Him, singling Him out amidst the crowd of voices.

Immediately, I was reminded of the bible, saying His sheep hear His voice and they follow Him.

We locked eyes for moments, and I couldn't feel my feet anymore, nor my accusing theories. I felt at peace and whole. I felt... safe. He saw me. He sees me.

He said to me, "You only sink when you take your eyes off me. So, look at me."  

Tears burned the back of my eyes, but this time, for joy, and assurance that regardless of whatever goes wrong in the world, all is right with me in Christ.

It was with this same assurance that I was elated when the clock struck 12am, signaling a new beginning where God's presence exists.

See, God is in this Chapter. And it's going to be a beautiful one.

Happy new year, once again!

Love,

I know you'll have an awesome year.

💛