Preparing for the New Year: Putting Down the Hammer | Rev. Dr. Jerry Troyer

For many of us, 2025 has been quite a year.  And believe it or not, in just a few days, we will move into a new year, with a fresh new calendar.  So the question for us is, what are we carrying with us?  What are we stuck in or with that doesn’t really serve us?  Are we prepared to move into the new year, or will we stay stuck in 2025?  “Ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I need not stop and build a condo.”  You might have heard that expression before. Consider that the “valley of the shadow of death” may very well not refer to physical, but emotional death.  Resentment, regret, anger, fear, all keep us from expressing and experiencing all the good that life has for us, because, and you might have heard this before, what we focus on expands.  At any point, we can put down the hammer we are using to “build the condo,” release what no longer serves us, and keep moving through the valley.