Each new year hands you an empty book filled with 365 blank pages. Every dawn is your pen, every choice your ink.
Make it a story worth reading.
As we walk into 2025, imagine you are holding a book in your hands. This is no ordinary book. The pages are crisp, blank, and untouched but filled with divine possibility. This book is your story for 2025, but you are not writing the book alone. Your Master will fill the pages of your empty book. This new year hands you 365 blank pages, but instead of clutching the pen tightly, imagine surrendering it to God’s loving hands. Each new day, He writes your story, filling the pages with His divine purpose. When we hand our pen over to the ultimate storyteller, the narrative of our life takes on deeper meaning and purpose.
Some of us clutch the pen tightly, determined to write our stories alone, carefully planning each chapter and determined to control every plot twist. But there is profound peace in letting go and allowing God to be the author of our journey. He sees the finished story, from the first page to the last, and His narrative for our lives is far more beautiful than anything we could craft on our own. Without him, our story veers off into places we were never meant to go, leaving us exhausted and disoriented.
Think of yourself as a collaborative piece of art. You are not relinquishing your role completely but instead partnering with God. He holds the pen, but you choose to show up in the writing studio each day. He guides the pen, but you remain open to His promptings. This is a sacred dance of surrender and participation.
Your 2025 story will include unexpected chapters: new friendships, career shifts, personal discoveries, and undoubtedly some trials along the way. But with God as your author, each page has purpose, and each challenge carries meaning. No experience is wasted in your story. Some pages may be filled with joy, others with dark days that test and strengthen your faith. These are the parts of a story
that make it transformative, knowing even the difficult chapters are written by loving hands.
As you prepare for this new year, consider setting aside your pen. Surrender your carefully crafted outlines and rigid expectations. Instead, open your heart to God’s authorship. Let Him write a story through you that will touch the lives of those around you and bring light to dark places. Allow your story to echo His love in ways you could never imagine.
God’s stories often don’t follow the plotlines we expect. His chapters might surprise, challenge, or lead us down unexpected paths. But if God is writing our story, it will always lead to growth, purpose, and a deeper connection with Him.
So, what story will unfold when you surrender the pen? What masterpiece will emerge when you let God fill the pages? Your 2025 book is waiting, and the ultimate Author is ready to begin.