We were just sitting here talking about how fast
Christmas flew by. It almost goes as fast as
summer. Summer flies by, but man, this holiday,
Christmas just comes and goes in a blink of an
eye. And I know everybody I've talked to has
said the same thing. It's like, it's so much
work and it's so much preparation and so much
angst, you know, the little kids with wonder
and with so much excitement. And it's like, you
know, we had grandkids that woke their parents
up at four, two and four. And then we had parents
that had her wake grandkids up at seven or nine
or whatever. But it's just interesting how Christmas
is different and it's different every year and
it's different for every family. And however
it is, it's perfect. It was a perfect, perfect
Christmas for us, not without its challenges,
not without its diversion of focus. I'm speaking
of me, not you, but you know. We did an episode
a couple weeks. In fact, I think we did a couple
of episodes in preparation for Christmas. And
you remember the one when we talked about focusing
on the horizontal and not the vertical. And we
should be focusing on the vertical, not the horizontal.
And I kind of likened it to the cross, right?
The cross has that vertical post and the horizontal
beam. And I tended to be on the... horizontal
a lot more than I thought I was going to be this
year. Yeah, it's easy to do. Holy moly. You know,
we talked about in one of our episodes, we talked
about not letting the expectations around Christmas
stress us out and, you know, and just staying
focused. And I wasn't 100 percent successful.
On any on any on any of that this year, you know,
which brings us kind of to our topic today We're
between Christmas and New Year's obviously most
of the world many of us begin to Evaluate where
we've been this year how things have been, you
know We we cross into January and just automatically
almost instinctively It seems like we just kind
of start evaluating ourselves. We talk about
resolutions. We talk about goals. What we're
going to do better. And believe me, I'm all about
inventory. I'm all about taking in personal inventory.
Several of them. I try to do it daily. But, you
know, this seems to be the big inventory. You
know, businesses are doing that. They're closing
their books. Fiscal years for a lot of people
are here and a lot of companies and so forth.
And so it's just kind of naturally that time
of year when we take a look at ourselves and
then we set goals on how to be better. Yep. We're
going to go to the gym more. We're going to go
to more meetings. We're going to be more efficient,
more... effective in all of our goal setting
starting January 1. But January 1's Friday, so
maybe we'll just bump it to January 5th, which
is a Monday. Exactly. I love your thinking. I
love your thinking. Oh, don't worry. It's really
my thinking. I'm not making fun. I'm just like,
oh, well, I'll start Monday. You're not alone.
The fifth, not Friday the first. Yeah. Well,
and that's kind of the point, you know, of what
we want to talk about tonight, today as we record
this podcast. You know, We often come into the
new year and our approach now is, okay, what
do I need to fix in my life so that I can, when
next year rolls around, not have the same regrets,
not have the same disappointments, not look at
myself in the same shameful way, and on and on
and on and on. How's 2026 going to be better
than 2025? Yeah, exactly. That's kind of how
we... It's a common... resolutions. You know,
our good friend Mike, many years ago we were
having a conversation and he said to me, you
want to set some goals, some resolutions? And
I honestly meant this at the time. I don't see
it necessarily this way now. But I told him,
I said, you know, Mike, when I do stuff like
that, that's just premeditated failure for me.
It is I was you know, because I would always
set this ideal and I always have in my mind Oh,
yeah, my resolve is strong this year I'm absolutely
gonna do it and and I tend to make those commitments
in my strongest moments Not my weak moment. I
think it's after we've indulged in the Christmas
food abundance Well, that's definitely part of
it have sat around in the Christmas spirit of
not getting up and going, working out or exercising
or being efficient or being productive. And it's
like, okay, I'm done being lazy. I'm done overindulging.
I'm done overeating. Now I'm going to start strong.
I'm going to change it. What if we did this though?
What if we totally reframed resolutions? And
I think I think we need some. You know, I'm a
believer in setting goals, spark goals, you know,
achievable, measurable, attainable within a certain
timeframe, all of those things. I believe all
that. I believe in all that. I really do, you
know, and it's been part of my corporate life
for all my life. You know, we just do these kinds
of things and I think they're wonderful and I
think they're great. However. What if we took
a little bit different approach to some of the
things in our lives that we would like to see
changed or developed or? redeemed, or redeemed,
maybe we would take a little bit different approach.
So maybe, you know, we'll talk about, we're not
going to talk about resolutions here. You can
get that from a million other places, you know,
Simon Sinek and, you know, a million others who
are just wonderful people when it comes to things
along those lines. And I think, again, that they're
great. But what if instead of focusing on our
resolutions this year, Deb, we focused on a new
beginning. Yeah, I personally, I feel like that's
more achievable for me. Just for the simple fact
is it's kind of a weekly thing for me. Yeah.
It's like every single week when I renew a new
beginning, like partaking of the sacrament. Right.
You know, or if I slept through my workout, it's
like, okay, well, I always have tomorrow. I have
a new beginning. I can have a new beginning.
Yeah. Yeah, you know, I think that as we kind
of do this what we're doing is we really shift
from a mindset of self -improvement Which again,
I'm not opposed to right, but we shift from that
mindset of just self -improvement Self -improvement
to actual redemption. Yeah, and you know what?
It's actually strengthen in a relationship again
that we've talked about previously about strengthen
our relationship with the Savior because you
know what he really is the change he you know,
he We talk about changing our heart. Sometimes
he gives us a whole new heart talk about a really
new beginning I mean, it would be lovely to have
that new heart Focused every single week, you
know, it's like we all get derailed, you know
just talking about um, Christmas and how we,
we had set the intention of, you know, having
the correct focus and having the correct connection.
And yeah, we, we, we definitely got derailed.
I mean, which is okay. We'll start again. We'll
keep trying. You know, we're toddlers trying
to walk and we got knocked down, but we're going
to get up. What does it look like though when
we start focusing on redemption instead of or
in addition to self -approvement? How does that
work? What does that look like? Well, you know,
I listened to a talk yesterday from my sweet,
darling, adorable friend Audrey in sacrament
meeting and she talked about the redeemer and
what redeemed. is to her and it was such a personal
thing for her to he's there in my mess he's there
in my challenges he's there and I know I don't
have to do this alone and you know the other
piece that I love about redeemed is that he purchased
me he he already has suffered all those pains
and sorrows and griefs and everything that I
have gone through he's felt that more intense
more intense than I have, and so he gets me.
So redeemed to me is, okay, God, I'm gonna fall
down. Okay, God, I'm gonna screw this up. Not
intentionally, but I do. I have good intentions
and then I mess it up. But because he purchased
me and because he is... my Redeemer, he will
redeem my efforts. He will strengthen and enable
me to be able to get back up when I fall down.
And compensate us where we lack. Yes, and give
myself some grace for crying out loud. I'm such
a critic sometimes of, gosh, dang it, Deb. I
mean, it's one of those things that it's like,
you know, I'm really hard on myself and I pick
up a beating stick and I'm like, ugh, but you
know what? He doesn't. He gives me grace. Yeah,
exactly. He's not surprised when we make mistakes.
He's not surprised. He's not wringing his hand.
He's not mad at you. You know, but let's talk
about this. What's the difference between resolution
versus a new beginning? So, you know, I have
a couple of ideas around that. You know, when
I think about resolutions, what I'm really thinking
about are things that are behavior based. That's
where I make messes. And as soon as I say that,
I think of a checkbox. I think of things that
are checkbox based. And again, there are things
that should be. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying
to swing the pendulum one way or the other. I'm
just trying to create balance and to help us
to understand that redemption or a new beginning
in Christ is far more powerful, far more important
than setting these behavior based resolutions.
Another one is Deb, resolutions are outcome driven.
Right? I said, I can measure it. You know, that's
part of the smart goal idea is that I can measure
it and I can know whether or not I've been successful
in achieving it. And almost every single one
of them are discipline or willpower dependent.
Well, those are the resolutions. But I mean,
like you said, what's the difference between
resolution and new beginnings? Yeah. I think,
again, because we've talked about this in the
past. New beginnings is relationship -based.
What's my relationship with my Savior? What's
my relationship with Heavenly Father? The other
one, I feel like in new beginnings, just like
I mentioned earlier, there's a lot more grace.
And I feel like I'm on a daily need of grace.
It's like, oh, I messed up. Oh, I did it again.
Oh, I... my weak spots. Well, okay, so so far
you've said a new beginning in Christ is relationship
-based. I love that because our whole podcast
is relationship -based. A relationship with deity.
That's what repentance is. That's what emulation
is. That's what adoration is. That's what even
admiration of the Savior becomes as we grow closer
to him. I love that. That's relationship based.
And then through that relationship, we begin
to feel his grace at work in our lives. Yep.
And remember that we're in a fallen world and
supposed to fall down and it's OK. And it's OK.
Yeah. Yeah. Part of the plan even. Yeah. And
then being rooted in the Savior, who Jesus really
is, not who we're becoming fast enough, but who
he is. And you know what? You know what's difficult
for me is doing it in his time. You know, we're
in a world of instant gratification. And it's
like, sometimes I kneel down and I put in my,
I think they called it a vending machine prayer.
I think that's what Elder Oakdorf called it.
And basically said, okay, here's my wish and
desire. Now, can I get this outcome really fast?
Can I have it tomorrow? Yeah. Can I have it within
the weekend? Can I have it, you know? And it's
like, I have to remember this is not in my time,
this is God's time. And really have the trust.
faith that everything will work out for its good
because there's some things and especially recently
we you know we've had this reunion with with
our family that was not fast enough for me it
took two years and that was a long time for me
to get my family back under the same roof yeah
it was hard but God knew what he was doing and
it was perfect for everyone involved including
me to remember I'm not in charge I'm a control
freak, I know that does not surprise you or anyone
else. Well, I think that, you know, I wrote this
down and I think that this really kind of summarizes
it for me. The gospel of Jesus Christ doesn't
start by asking what we'll do differently next
year. It starts by reminding us who the Savior
is today and aligning with him now. I love that.
I really think that, you know, it's important
for me, and probably all of us, to remember that.
I get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of
this world, in the, you know, making of deadlines,
in the hitting quotas, in the making sure my
scores are high enough at work, and you know,
again, all that's good, but again, that's based
on me. and it's really based on him, too, if
I turn my will and my life over to the care of
God as I understand him in all things in my life,
which I try to do, but practically speaking,
that's all about me. When I turn my life over
to him, though, so that I can become new, and
that's what we're talking about, just a new beginning.
As we begin a new year, we wanna focus potentially
on having a new beginning. I love my favorite
talk on new beginnings. Now is Elder Kieran.
I love that talk. I do too. I'm going to play
a clip from it. Is that all right? Absolutely.
Let me cue it up. He's so great. I loved his
last Christmas address about receiving gifts.
Yeah, I did too. Such a great reminder. He we
actually talked about Elder Soras in our elders
quorum yesterday on his talk on temperance. Obviously,
something that's largely misunderstood. But I
love it when these special witnesses of the name
of Jesus Christ, right, special witnesses of
him, special witnesses of his covenant to us
and all those other things, I love it when they
present insights that resonate with me the way
that this one did. And I hope it does with our
listeners the same way. This is Elder Karen from
General Conference, October 2025. To the lame,
the deaf, and the dumb, to every grieving mother,
desperate father, and mourning widow, to the
condemned, the shamed, and the suffering, to
the dead in body and the dead in spirit, what
he did was offer a new beginning. Yes, another
staggering understatement. Everything he said
and did provided a new beginning for each of
those he healed, blessed, taught and relieved
of sin. He didn't withdraw from them and he certainly
won't withdraw from you. Imagine in this moment
hearing any of these life -giving words from
him. I say unto thee, arise, be thou clean, neither
do I condemn thee, go and sin no more. Daughter,
be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee
whole, go in peace. The Savior's words to these
individuals were brief, but with them he painted
vast new horizons of forgiveness, healing, restoration,
peace and eternal life. And the glorious news
is he offers the same new beginning to you and
to me. All of us can have a new beginning through
and because of Jesus Christ, even you. To me,
Deb. All of that is powerful and encouraging
and uplifting and I feel like brings me closer
to a deeper relationship with my Savior. But
you know the part that really hits me and I hope
we don't miss it. Even you. And he didn't say
even you who are members of the church and he
didn't say even you who are Completely keeping
your covenants and he didn't say even you who
are 100 % in the commandments and he didn't and
or any of those other things he said and Even
you that seems pretty all -inclusive to me and
that inclusion is what I think I want when I'm
looking for how do I have a new beginning. I
want to be included in the Savior's power. I
don't want to feel like it's something that I
have to earn through scrupulosity and through
all the other things that I sometimes think I
have to do. He's just waiting there. You know,
I think it's... We keep referring to this, but
it was such a powerful statement when Nick said
he meets us... He likes to get his hands dirty.
Jesus likes to get his hands dirty. He meets
us in our mess. And I think no matter where we
are, and it's surprising where you will find
him. When we seek him, we find him. And it's
like even in our messiest, yuckiest place. He's
just waiting that agency. He will never rob from
us and until we I mean I remember a story Scott
Harmon when he said I'm in my jail cell and I
fell to my knees and I said out loud that children
child's prayer song Heavenly Father, are you
really there? And I think that's the plea. I
think that's the alignment. I think that's what
he's waiting for, that new beginning. And we
have seen it. We've had such a gift to be able
to see that in so many lives, including our own.
I mean, we had do -over after do -over after
do -over. We're a blended family. 23 years, we
pulled seven kids together, and now we've got
in -laws. and almost 17 grandkids. It's like,
it's messy. It's, it gets chaotic. It gets crazy.
But you know what? He has led us and given us
new beginnings. And, and this, you know, in little
tiny moments, I mean, I do not want anyone to
think that our life is perfect because it is
not, but in little tiny moments, I see his hands
so vividly and I feel And I see these seven children
have each other's back Because at night every
single night putting names in the temple and
we plead and pray That they'll remember who they
are and whose they are why they're here and where
they're going and we see that miracle of that
new beginning And that's what this is right?
We're not talking about creating a life with
improvement plans or you know a Business whatever,
you know plans of improvement, but what we're
really talking about here is a new life What
you're talking about, Deb, is a new life, like
a new heart. A new life. He didn't wait for people
to be ready. I think of our family. What would
it have taken, or what would have being ready
look like? I'm not sure. Any of that. And then
I think of the woman brought in adultery. Was
she ready? I don't know that she was ready. I
just think that Jesus meets us where we are when
we... align with him when we're looking for that.
I think she was ready. What? I think she probably
was ready. Yeah, you're right. Otherwise she
wouldn't have received him. But that's not a
criteria. Correct. And especially it's not a
criteria that the metrics are not manmade, right?
We don't say, okay, I'm ready once I've done
this, this, this, this, this. It's more of a
heart journey. It's more of a, is my heart ready?
Is my... attitude in alignment, and I think that
that's important. And the other thing that's
important for us to remember, that as we do this
this year, Jesus, you said it, Jesus liked to
get his hands dirty, that's what Nick taught
us in his experience, but it's important for
us to remember that he doesn't withdraw from
brokenness. And we can, David used to hate it.
You know david's the guy that used to do the
podcast with me my uncle and and the author of
the uh co -author I probably can't even say that
of the divine gift of forgiveness with elder
anderson, but He used to say nobody's broken
I don't like it when we use the word broken and
stuff like and I get that and i'm with him 100
But sometimes we feel broken And sometimes if
we are misaligned and don't see things or see
ourselves through the lens of spiritual eyes,
then we can sometimes see ourselves as broken.
And he did not withdraw from brokenness. He went
right into it. And he will come right into it
in our new beginning. 2026, if we will allow
him and align with him to do it. Well, and I
think I think sometimes that brokenness looks
like tired or discouraged or lonely or feeling
distant or maybe not meeting our expectations
or overwhelmed or still in discouragement. I
mean, horrifically discouraged, overwhelmed.
the ones who tried last year and it didn't work.
I mean, we just have to remember that, you know,
just because it's, you know, maybe the word broken
has so many different worlds of hard. And you
know what? It's not supposed to be easy. And
it's a good reminder for me when these things
come in my life, when I'm tired and discouraged
and I'm lonely or feeling distant from the spirit.
actually a really great reminder for me, because
I'm uncomfortable, that it's my time to grow,
and remember that I need to be saved. Through
him. By my Savior. Exactly, and that's the whole
point, is that, again, this isn't really January
language, if you think about it. It's more redemption
language, which is where we should try to be
every day, all the time, but we're really not
focusing so much on me being able to change me.
It's what you just said me turning my will to
him my life to him Let him care for me as he
will and direct me as he will, you know And when
I do that my life just goes a heck of a lot better
what I'm wondering though is okay now it's here
we are in January and What do we do with our
whole resolution mindset then? Well, I'm one
that likes to chunk things off in little tiny
increments because I like little wins, not a
great big win. But a whole bunch of little wins
through small and simple things, great things
come about or whatever that scripture says. However,
the message is still the same. I like to do little
increments and I think that's why the weekly
sacrament is so critical for me is because that's
my new beginning. It's like I intentionally prepare
on Saturday night to say, okay, I'm ready for
a reset. I'm ready for my new beginning. Another
thing, you know, we talk about resolutions. I
think resolutions for me feels like I have to
carry this. It's mine to do. Where a new beginning
is an alignment with Jesus Christ. And where
I'm going to yoke with him and I'm going to walk
through my life with him. Doesn't sound like
then the problem is really about resolutions
really, right? I mean, that's not really the
problem, is the resolution itself. The problem
that can come up for me is asking resolutions
to do for me what only Jesus Christ can do for
me. Yeah, because realistically we're nothing
without him and what I mean by that really, you
know, and you're saying well and and someone
might retort well Scott You said you set a resolution
or a goal you achieve that goal that does something
for you it builds your confidence It makes you
more credible and it does a billion other things
whatever those things are that you're focusing
on Okay. Well that may be true But if I if I'm
asking Jesus Christ to step into my life and
give me a new beginning Do you not think that
I'll have the same? Outcomes eventually if they
are in a line with his will and if they're in
a line with his will Do you think that those
outcomes? If I give credit to him Through his
grace through his love, etc That I'm better aligned
with him and I'm actually a better person because
I'm more like him more emulated to him I Become
a better person than I would be if I was just
focusing on achievement Well, I think my for
me I'm very narrow -minded and it's like when
I Really succumb and I I surrender and I say
okay God not my will but thine all of a sudden
New windows open new doors open and I had no
idea this was even possible I think that's the
piece that is so critical for me to remember
is I am nothing and I am so narrow minded, I'm
in ignorance to the eternal perspective. But
it's like, you know, we've seen so many pictures
where, where if we just knew what God had in
store for us, we would just be in awe. I mean,
of what we have the capacity or capability of
doing. But in my little moments when I surrender
and when I say, okay, God, not my will, but thine
be done. That's when I stand Literally stand
all amazed and I'm like I had no idea this would
be possible. I had no idea I would have the blessings
in such abundance Just flooding throughout my
life Because I've allowed him to be in control
Yeah, I love that and allowing him to be in control,
you know, I think it's really what it's all about
when I when I think of Resolutions for example
is I think of you know me carrying that weight
You know and sometimes it is sometimes it is
heavy and I you know sometimes you're strong
And you know what set a goal that'll stretch
you babe. I mean that's important right? That's
what we're taught and that's what we're heard
and again. That's all great and good You know,
but but if I'm focusing on or if I see that resolutions
What they really are is asking me to carry the
weight of change alone and then I contrast that
with new beginnings or a new beginning in Jesus
Christ which asks me or rather invites me to
allow Christ to carry it with me. I'm telling
you the burden is a lot lighter. Yeah, yeah.
I think when we were talking about this earlier
you used the word yoked and I think that that's
a pretty good way to look at it. So what does
a new beginning actually look like? You know
what that reminds me of? Years ago, when we went
to Haleakala, and you get up at three, it's in
Hawaii, on the island of Maui, and you get up
three in the morning and drive and drive and
drive and drive up a really high mountain to
watch the sunrise. Well, I remember this moment,
I was with my friend Michelle. Above the clouds.
Above the clouds. The sun hasn't risen yet. No,
no, no, it's dark. It's dark, but it's Hawaii.
Beautiful in the darkness. Well, it's kind of
on a, on a lava. Yeah. Like big old mountain.
Yeah. Anyways, I re I will never forget this.
It was in 2008 to be exact, but I remember going
up wearing my coat and I remember going up and
there were a lot of people up there and it was
quiet. like it was still very, very dark. And
when you got the first little hint of light,
this was the sunrise, when you got very first,
it was like this, it got more sacred and more
quiet. And these people, when they were communicating
to each other, were literally whispering. It
was a sacred, sacred moment. And as soon as that
sun, and it felt like it took forever, but as
soon as, because it got light and light and light
and light, and then it broke to where you actually
saw the light, there was this Hawaiian lady that
started singing this chant of light. I sat there
and wept and I thought this happens every single
day. This little miracle that I just watched
happens every single day. Without fail, that
sun comes up. And I have been really conscientious
about watching the Sun rise and watching the
Sun set It has been such a sacred thing and that's
what I thought of when we when we said a new
beginning It's like every day can be such a new
beginning for us. I love that You know what that
reminds me of and I don't want to just detract
from your beautiful story, but Several years
ago and I was having a pretty rough day and I
called my sponsor and alcoholics anonymous and
I was talking to him and come to find out this
is something that big Al taught everybody that
he sponsored and so I wasn't I felt like I was
special to be getting this special teaching on
this day, but I called him and he's like He called
me derf derf. How's your day going? I go man
and I and I and I read off a list and you know
what he said to me He said derf you can begin
your day again anytime you want. You don't have
to wait till tomorrow. You can begin your day
today, right? I mean, you can begin your day
again in this moment. Start your day over. If
you really want to. But you know what he taught
me? He says, but it requires something. And I
said, what is that? And he says, it requires
that you tune in your will and your life over
to the care of God as you understand him. And
that's really what we're talking about here,
babe. Receiving Him, we've talked about that
this season, aligning with Him, allowing Him
to actually be in our life. A new beginning,
it's not gonna erase my past, but you know what
it's gonna do? It'll redeem it. It'll redeem
my past. It'll cover it. It'll compensate for
it. It'll strengthen the weaknesses that came
because of it, and I can be redeemed and forgiven,
and it can be covered. Not made bright, not fixed,
but covered by the blood of the Lamb. It's not
gonna remove any challenges or struggles. I mean,
definitely, but it does mean that, you know,
you've got your Savior, and grace is still very,
very active. Our story is not over. I love this
different way to start the new year. It kind
of gives me... a relief of somewhat of, oh good,
I don't have to lose 12 pounds and I don't have
to, or whatever. Do you know what I mean? It's
like, I don't have these expectations on myself
that set me up for resentment or disappointment.
Premeditated failure. Premeditated failure, there
you go. But it helps me remember in small and
simple things. And I love the reminder that at
any time you can start your day over. And I've
done that. like five o 'clock in the afternoon,
eight o 'clock at night. I just need a reset
button. I know we've done it together. Yeah,
we have. Yeah, we've said that. Can we do a do
-over? Hey, can we have a mulligan here? Can
we start again? Can we start our day again now?
In fact, we did that a couple of times this past
holiday season, and I'm so grateful, so, so grateful
to know that we can do that. A new beginning
is just awaiting us. A new beginning is just
about us being willing. just even willing to
turn our will and our life over to him, to allow
him into our lives, to allow his redemption to
take effect, to see repentance as relief, to
see the sacrament as renewal, to see faith as
continued turning, or a finding joy in daily
repentance. turning to Him. And I think, too,
finding God in your everyday life. You know,
just push pause and say, where did God show up
today? And when I say that, I get emotional because
He is very, very present. He is very present.
And it's obvious. And I invite our listeners
to find Him, seek Him. Just push pause for a
moment. Just say, where is God showing up for
me? Because I promise he's there. Seek and expect
miracles straight out of President Nelson's mouth.
Well, as we kind of wrap up, I think that there's
just maybe two invitations that I'd like to extend
to us. The first one is maybe just identify something
that we're willing to stop carrying alone. You
know, what is that burden that you're carrying
alone, something that you want no one else to
know, something that has been difficult even
to confess to deity, to Heavenly Father and to
his son that we're carrying? So, you know, maybe
just identify it. Now, I'm not asking you to
allow him to carry it right now, but let's start
by identifying what that would be. If we just
have that awareness, maybe we can move into allowing
it. And then also identifying where we're going
to let the Savior walk with us. Sometimes I'm
in my car and I'll say, please lift, please help,
please assist. I've got some kids that are going
through some challenges right now and I'm like,
oh, Heavenly Father, please be with them. Please
lift their burden. Please give them peace. Please
let them fill you there Yeah, yeah, but but maybe
even as a parent, you know ask him to walk with
them, but you know what? That's up to them Right
and may walk with me so I can have peace watching
it. That's what I want. Yeah, just walk with
me walk with me So what if this year isn't about
becoming someone else, but about trusting that
someone more? Someone being Jesus Christ, obviously.
I love how you put that. Not about becoming someone
else, but about trusting someone else, trusting
Jesus Christ. More, yeah. I love that. Trusting
him 100%, that's faith. I love that. Well, because
Jesus Christ lives, we know for sure that new
beginnings are not just hopeful ideas, they're
doctrinal realities and they're available now,
not just in January, not just at the end of the
year, not just resolution time, but now, forever.
And I hope that I can remember that through the
year. A new beginning is available to me at any
time. I can start my day over any time I want.
and may your new beginnings that you find this
year be peaceful, joyful, and abundance. We love
you. We look forward to being with you again
next week. And until then, be well. Be well.