A Bold Start to 2025 – Pass the Black-Eyed Peas!
Happy New Year! I like the sound of 2025 – seems like a number that we’ll claim with enthusiasm, hope and great expectations.
Let’s talk about those great expectations we have for this new year and the plateful of those black-eyed peas! I’m not saying those little legumes provide some kind of superpowers, but something about them always reminds me that I’m stepping into the year with way more than good luck – I’m stepping in with God’s promises of holding our tomorrows and praising Him for His goodness to us!
My husband, Carl, will be taking cans of black-eyed peas to some of his clients – not as a good luck charm, but giving them a little history and the health benefits about them, along with best wishes for a blessed new year.
2025 is knocking, and we are opening the door to all that God has in store for us! We are bold. Fearless. Tenacious. Not because of who we are, but WHOSE we are! And if our head, our heart and soul are built on God’s promises, it’s time to let our actions prove it.
God didn’t create us to barely make it through. He formed us with grit, with a backbone of faith that says, “Come what may, my trust is in the Maker of heaven and earth.” If He spoke the stars into existence and stitched every detail of this universe together, I believe He’s got 2025 under control.
I don’t know what this year will hold – and that’s probably a good thing. But I do know this: we can walk boldly into every single day, not because we have all the answers, but because we know WHO does.
That’s what fuels our optimism. It’s not blind hope; it’s anchored hope. The kind that doesn’t quit, even when the calendar pages feel heavier than they should.
As we start this first day of the new year with faith and hope, let’s live with the same energy and robust faith God gives those of us who put their trust in Him!
Let’s eat the peas, laugh with family, and declare that this year will be different – not because circumstances shift, but because our faith leads the way.
2025, we’re coming for you – bold, fearless, and full of trust.
Pass the cornbread, too!