Make 2026 A Year of Trust
I’ve been reflecting a lot on God’s provision over the past year.
In 2025, I celebrated a lot of things: my first year in a new state, my first year in a job I love, buying my first home, and getting engaged to a man who shows me the love of Christ daily. A lot to be thankful for—a lot to thank God for.
But at the same time, 2025 also came with a lot of vulnerability, sacrifice, and necessary dependence on God providing for my needs when I failed to—month after month.
2025 was by far the most financially exhausted I have ever been in my entire life. I lived paycheck to paycheck all year, draining my bank account to the last cent before pay day. But every time I thought I was stuck—every time my own provisions ran dry—God presented what I needed. Every time.
Sometimes it was through the kindness of others, sometimes it was through additional work, but He always made Himself present in these moments of surrender. And while you would think this would make 2025 a year of chaos and anxiety (and believe me, there were several moments of stress), it ended up being the most blessed, peaceful, and abundant time of my life.
Beyond that though, the financial instability wasn’t the only thing He was asking me to give Him. All of this—the new changes, the celebrations, the times of stress, the times of thanksgiving—was just a greater lesson in one thing: trust.
He wants me to trust Him, and it wasn’t until September that I realized that’s what He was trying to heal all along. He wanted to show me that if I can learn to trust Him with providing for my physical needs month after month, I can trust He’ll provide for my spiritual needs as well.
Like the need to be loved; the need to be led; the need to be healed.
I think it’s really easy—especially in recovery—to think it’s all up to us. It’s up to us to make the right decisions, protect ourselves from temptation, fight against the lies, triggers, and false identities all alone. And yes, these things are important and we should be making a conscious effort to create these spaces of growth, but it’s not all up to us—He’s here with us.
He’s the one who needs to lead us.
He’s the one who dispels the lies.
He’s the one who heals us.
Recovery is all about trust. It’s trusting all year: month after month, day after day, moment after moment.
It’s trusting even after you fall—because you will.
It’s trusting even after years of sobriety—because temptation will still be there.
It’s trusting that no matter what happens—no matter what season of life you’re in and what your vocation looks like at the moment—He will be there to provide for your needs.
God wants your trust this year. Let 2026 be the year He heals you here.