New year… same faithful God. Don’t start from scratch—start from grace, walk in hope, and watch out for the subtle traps that try to turn growth into self-salvation. There’s something about a new year that makes us breathe differently. Even if January 1st is just another square on the calendar, it feels  like a threshold. Like the air has been rinsed. Like we get to step forward with a cleaner story than the one we just lived. Some people love that. Some people hate it. (If y