Hey Awakening family, I hope and trust you are all doing wonderfully. What a wonderful blessing it is to have the opportunity to embrace a new month. As quickly as the year may be passing, I genuinely hope that you are treating yourself with kindness and patience. Most importantly, may you stop worrying about your life and allow God to lead. I recently had a beautiful encounter with God, and even though I've been a believer my whole life, I feel like a newly reborn soul. Let's imagine we can remember how we felt in our infancy. I've learned to stop carrying so much in my heart, realizing that no matter how much I plan or overthink, it doesn't change the fact that God is in control. The truth is, we are always striving for the next breath, hurriedly pursuing a destination we know nothing about, feeling as if we're running out of time. We seldom celebrate the present because we're often consumed with worry about yesterday's mistakes and how to make tomorrow be...