2025 Word of the Year
My word for 2025, SURRENDER.
I recently heard that “Peace is found in surrender, not control.” The last few months of 2024 proved this to me in ways I had never expected.
November and December were filled with lots of doctor visits, tests and anxiety as I awaited the results of a thyroid biopsy. It’s in times like this when you realize the importance of your health and those you have walking along with and praying for you. I surrendered it all to God; the fear, anxiety, my priorities. Literally the ONLY thing I wanted for Christmas was a clean bill of health. I got that gift in the form of the biopsy showing that the nodules on my thyroid are benign. While I have been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s and will continue to have regular ultrasounds with my endocrinologist to monitor the nodules, I am so very thankful for God’s grace and mercy on my life.
During this trial, I truly let go and let God. I surrendered it all; my family, health, work, priorities. Sometimes it takes God shaking us to make us realize that despite our human efforts, He is in control.
A few lessons learned in this…
Don’t take your health for granted. Even when you do your best to take care of yourself, things out of your control can and will still happen.
Be an advocate for your own health. If you feel like something isn’t right, don’t stop until you have the answers for it. I am so thankful for a provider who did all the digging and found this issue. She is truly an angel.
Lastly, absolutely NOTHING matters more than your relationship with Jesus. Without my faith, I would have crumbled. Yes, I still had my moments but regardless of what the outcome of this would have been I knew that it was God’s plan.
So look around at WHO you have in your life this new year, not what you have. Make sure that Jesus is a part of that circle. When we surrender it all to Him, we will find true peace in 2025 and beyond.
With love,
Holly
