January is always a time of assessment and planning for me. Prayer is always at the start and heart of that process. This year I am sharing a Prayer for Entrepreneurs (video). It’s my hope for you as God empowers you to build, steward, grow, and lead this year.

What a controversial take for the world we live in. Love that isn't based on conditions or what you can gain from proximity. Love that doesn't give up on the first misunderstanding. Love that doesn't seek itself first. Love that actively seeks the best for others. It's not common, but neither is God.

This is a reminder that when the time between the promise and fulfillment are long, when the things that have sustained us fail, we can encourage our hearts with God's track record. We can hold on to our joy as we wait, because we know God will save us - no matter what the world around us is experiencing.

In my quiet time, God revealed that Peace is not the absence of adverse conditions, it is His gift to those that love Him. It is an inner calm and serenity, a stability no matter what is going on around you, and the ability to trust His Heart when His Hand seems still.

"The more I thought about it, the question I asked myself switched from, “What can I do?” to “What do I want? What can I actually handle? What would I love waking up to every day? What would my life need to look like for that to happen?” 

Sometimes when life throws us curveballs--when God allows the very unexpected to happen--it can stop us dead in our tracks.