Lord,

2025 so far is a little more dramatic and traumatic than I would prefer, but as this new year begins, I do not want to set any goals. I always fail to meet them. So I am just going to ask you

• to help me to do better.
• to help me talk to you more.
• to help me listen more than I talk.
• to help me be a better friend.
• to help me rely on you when I am at a loss.
• to help me laugh more.
• to help me appreciate my blessings.
• to help me respond rather than retreat.
• to help me study more effectively.
• to help me through my lack of motivation.
• to help me procrastinate less.
• to help me resist temptations.
• to help me write more.
• to help me step out of my comfort zone a little more.
• to help me read more and stare at my phone less.
• to help me be the best daughter I can be and care for Dad in his last season of life.
• to help me eat less and exercise more.
• to help me remember what is important and let go of what does not matter.
• to help me accept those things I cannot change.

I am grateful for the opportunity this morning to go to church with good friends.

I am grateful for a message today that made me think.

I am grateful for the lesson from Isaiah 43:1, and grateful that God knows my name and claims me, even when I need to do better.