Jesse & Kristen K

A TESTIMONY FROM TK (age 15): This year was the year that I thought would bring change. I don’t know about you, but 2021 was my picture of a great year to end COVID. I thought that everything would be resolved, not just on a worldwide basis - with politics starting to calm down, the confusion and chaos settling - but in my own life as well. Being fifteen, I guess I thought I should know everything there is to know. I expected to have most of my life worked out, I mean not everything, just the big details, you know? I thought by this time next year I would be a perfectly stable being. Nope, not even close. I’m very aware of the problems in this world, as well as in my life, but I’ve gotten to a place where I’m okay not being okay. I don’t need to completely understand why there’s a global virus, or why my family has experienced some really tough stuff this year. The book of Job has taught me that. I try, but still I can’t seem to say the right things or follow my Jesus in the way he has called me to. I don’t have to know everything, see everything, and experience everything. I know who I am. My Savior has called me beautiful, beloved, chosen, redeemed, and priceless. Why do I feel insecure when the person who holds my very heart in his hands has been called the Rock and Cornerstone? Friends, we need to rest in our Jesus, because he is the only rest we will ever find. He is our peace. And though the mountains may be moved into the sea, though the ground beneath us may tremble and give way, and though this imperfect earth may continue spinning in the wrong direction... our God is steady, in a world full of crazy. What an amazing gift this Christmas: knowing that next year doesn’t have to be scary or intimidating! Our God has overcome it all!