As 2015 quickly slides from being today to tomorrow, I am feeling a bit restless.

I wonder, how many days to we get up, do our thing, and go to bed never thinking that today might be all we have?

2015 was a year of wonderful ups, and terrible downs, and a lot of middle-of-the-road days in between. There are definitely things I wish I could have done better... or at least differently. There are things I wish I had said... or hadn't said. There are things I wish I had made time for, and things I wasted time on. There were people I could have loved better, listened to more attentively, and served more. There were days that I spent in the saddle, and days that I watched the rain pour from the house. I made choices I regret, and choices I'm proud of.  Some things changed and some things stayed the same.

In all of this, I am realizing -- that is life. Each day we're given is precious. Each moment is a gift. I know that sounds cliche, but I feel like I need to brand those words into my soul. I need to love others at full capacity. I need to stop taking days for granted. I need to not let time pass without me noticing.

So, my friends, as you say goodbye to this year, and prepare for the next, my encouragement is this: SOAK. IT. UP. 

Love like you can't help it.

Forgive like your life depends on it.

Hope like you have no reason to doubt.

Serve others until you have blisters.

Speak the truth -- even when it hurts.

Dance.

Sing.

And no matter what this year brings, finish the race...

NEVER. GIVE. UP.

Jeremiah 29:11 

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”