61 Trips Around the Sun

I’ve learned that life rarely unfolds according to our plans, yet God remains faithful in every season. Some lessons have come through celebration; others have come through hardship. Both have been valuable teachers.

As I begin a new year, I am grateful for my wife, Terri, and for family, friends, readers, fellow travelers, as well as all those who have encouraged me along the way. I am grateful for another day to create, to learn, to love, to serve, and to bear witness to God’s goodness in the ordinary moments of life.

I don’t know exactly what the coming year will bring. There are still stories to write, pictures to paint, conversations to speak, and adventures yet to unfold. There are still opportunities to grow in wisdom, kindness, patience, and faith. For that, I am deeply thankful.

So today, I celebrate because I recognize life is a gift. None of us are promised tomorrow. Every sunrise is an invitation. Every breath is grace. Every year is another chapter in a story that God is still writing.

Here’s to 61 trips around the sun!

Until my next post…

Be salty, stay lit.

Rainer Bantau —The Devotional Guy™

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