Happy Sunday friends!

I’m typing this out from my desk at work, soaking in the final moments of peace and quiet before my transition from weekend producer to the producer for our weekday 6 p.m. newscast.

I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on the change. I’m excited for the challenge. I LOVE being challenged.

I’m excited for the change of pace and to feel like I’m on a “normal” schedule.

I’m also excited to be recognized for the hard work I’ve been putting in since I moved to Nashville for this job in 2024.

And as I continue to reflect, I think about the journey it took to get here. The highs and lows. Ups and downs. Bumps and bruises. Tears and mental breakdowns.

But I also think about how I’ve seen God and how much I’ve grown closer to Him throughout this entire process.

Today, my pastor said three words that really stuck with me: journey to surrender.

He spoke about how growing in our humility allows us to take a step back and say, “God, I trust that You know better.” To fully surrender the desires of our hears to Him.

I won’t go too much in depth (I also don’t want to bore you), but 2024 was a life changing year for me. Not life changing in the sense that I reached every single goal I set out for myself or achieved everything I set my heart on. It was the year that I learned how to truly surrender my life and my desires to Christ.

I stepped into 2024 with a new job in a new city – all while holding on to the things of the past and expecting God to move in the same way. But He wanted to do something new in my life.

And I honestly refused to let Him for a while.

It wasn’t until I laid down the desires and dreams that I had been holding onto, that I started to see God at work in every part of my story.

I’m definitely not saying it’s easy. I still struggle with it daily.

And I’m not sure what this next step in my career, or just life in general, will look like. But I’m stepping into it with the mindset, “God, I trust that You know better.”

I hope you’ll do the same.

If you want to take a listen to the sermon on humility, you can find it here.