I’ve been doing a lot of introspective thinking during this month of January. How about you? Winter seems to be a good time for fresh starts as well as reflection on the past. In those reflections, if we’re honest, we can find one or two things we’ve done that we regret. Perhaps you’re reflecting on things you didn’t do in the past and now it’s too late.

This morning as I was waking up, I was thinking about how I would write about a mistake I made–of course there have been many, this one just looms larger–and how it was resolved ( stay tuned, the book will be out in a few months). While contemplating the right crafting of words, I had an overwhelming thought. God knew I would make that mistake and he still loved me! A song rang through my head as I waited for the alarm to go off this morning.

I have loved you with an everlasting love;

I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

Reflecting on those words gives me courage to tell the story–present tense, for I am in the process of telling it right now. While I write, these words will ring through my head.  I am loved, with an everlasting love. 

While you work through whatever you are focusing on this January, whether it is sorting and disposing of things you don’t need, working through great loss, or better yet, you are excited about the new year and what might unfold for you. Here’s a reminder. Rest in him, the maker of the universe, the lover of your soul, and know it is everlasting.