Stardate 12.30.2025
If you’re like me, the idea of another calendar flip may raise your anxiety more than your excitement. You’ve tried New Year’s resolutions before, only to end up carrying a quiet sense of shame when nothing sticks. Your brain eventually waves the white flag and says, Stop the insanity—doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
I get it. Why set yourself up for failure?
But what if the answer isn’t buried in past attempts?
What if the solution isn’t another checklist or self-imposed task?
What if the focus shifted from doing to receiving?
Not all at once.
Not in overwhelming doses.
Just one percent at a time.
If you approach the new year this way—slowly, intentionally—you may discover something unexpected: what you receive might eventually become something you’re able to give away. Stay with this idea for thirty days. If your soul feels lighter by the end of that stretch, you may find yourself choosing it again…and again.
This idea resonates deeply with me because it’s exactly what I need right now. It isn’t a quick fix or a resolution destined to fade before Valentine’s Day. It’s something offered freely by the Creator—the One who knows what we need even before we ask.
It took me sixty-five years of floundering to realize something simple and humbling:
All you have to do to receive it…is ask.
If you’re not the praying type, I want to make this as accessible as possible. You can borrow this prayer—no polish required:
Dear Lord,
I am in desperate need of Your grace.
Please give it to me.
Send it in small doses so I don’t get overwhelmed.
I want to practice receiving this gift throughout the year.
When the time is right, help me share that grace with the people I love.
Thank You for hearing this prayer.
Amen.
Grace doesn’t shout.
It arrives quietly.
And it changes everything—one percent at a time.
Have a great day.
Captain’s Addendum
Bones: “Michael, humans keep trying to fix themselves like broken machinery. No wonder they’re exhausted.”
Spock: “Indeed, Doctor. Logic suggests that receiving grace requires far less energy than resisting it.”
Bones: “You mean all this time they could’ve just…asked?”
Spock: “Correct. A most inefficient discovery—yet deeply human.”
Michael’s Reflection:
This year, I’m not chasing improvement. I’m opening my hands. Grace isn’t something I earn—it’s something I learn to receive. And when it finally settles in, it has a way of spilling over to others.
Scripture for the Journey
“My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”
— 2 Corinthians 12:9
Mission Log
Mission status: steady and receiving.
No resolutions abandoned.
No perfection required.
Just grace—arriving right on time.
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