As you walk through this life, may you recognize God in your midst. In the shadows, and classrooms, and bedrooms, and office spaces, and social spaces, and in all spaces, may you feel the presence of the Spirit there, in, with, and through you, lifting your chin, filling your cup, giving you rest, and claiming you as a child of God fully as completely as your whole wonderfully beautiful self.

This litany is a gift to you. It is permission to simply take tomorrow as a new day, just like any other day, and to recognize that in all days the Spirit of the Holy wakes with us and walks with us, and rests with us. Whether you have grand plans for 2022 or you have abandoned the idea of fresh starts and resolutions, it is God who creates us anew again and again. It is God who completed the grand plan for us on the cross and it is God who gives a fresh start with each new breath inside each significant moment.