POWERSHEETS & ONE WORD 2026

I have been excitedly working on my Powersheets Goal Planner and Seasons by Seasons Weekly Planner all week. Working on these things always gets me excited for the year to come. In fact, I have always shared my Powersheets Goals and One Word for the year in January. But after working on everything this week, I decided to share now!

First up, my One Word for 2026...

In 2011, after failing at New Year's Resolutions for years, I joined the One Word movement and chose just one word to focus on for the year. I have smaller goals and things I work toward, but one big word to really focus on and grow in. The first year, I didn't take it serious and don't even remember what my word was. The next year my word was intentional, the next year was heart, then pray, water, me, marriage, joy, progress, less, rooted, peace, draw near, thrive, and for 2025 it was abide. All such great words!

I have never finished a year thinking that I have mastered my word. However, I finish each year knowing I made progress in that area. I learn things about my word and create habits that help me to grow and become a better version of myself.

The other night while working on my Powersheets, I told my husband that I didn't think I was going to set a One Word for 2026. That I just wanted to focus on my five main Powersheets goals -goals that I set for every year. He looked at me for awhile, then said, "Discover." I had no idea what he was talking about so I asked him and he said, "Your word should be discover." Then he elaborated to how the word discover fits into my goals. I immediately felt a connection and became so excited to make discover my word for 2026. I'll share more below when I share my Powersheets Goals.

Now for my Powersheets Goals for 2026...

I've been using Powersheets for, I believe, ten years now. Powersheets have helped me with big picture goals like writing my devotionals and more, and Powersheets have helped me cultivate every day habits that I want to grow in. I say it every year and I'll say it again, I am a Powersheets user for life!

Each year I set five main goals that are important areas for me to grow in. Areas that I won't ever "arrive" in, but will always be able to grow in. Most years I also set a couple more goals of things I want to do, but this year I decided to stick to my five main goals. These areas are so important to me and the last six years have been full of change and even some hardship, that I just want to focus on these areas, giving them my full attention and energy.

My five Powersheets goals for 2026 are:

Faith, discover more about God.

- continue daily quiet time
- read through the entire Bible
- do in depth Bible study
- journal, using the Quiet Time Companion
- use Write the Word journals each evening
- cultivate a passionate prayer life
- work on Scripture memory

Marriage, discover more about my husband.

- pray daily for my husband
- quality time weekly
- serve my husband with joy
- love him well
- communicate clearly
- phone down, eyes up
- (my husband's idea) take each other on our dream date

Family, discover more about my family.

- pray daily for our kids and grandbabies
- get together with all of our adult kids at least once a month for something fun
- make birthdays special
- when together, phone down, eyes up
- pray daily for extended family

Health, discover more about ways to live healthy.

- drink at least 80 ounces of water a day
- walk at least 9,000 steps a day
- take vitamins and prescriptions every day
- walk or workout three times a week
- less sugar

Ministry, discover more ways to reach people for the Kingdom.

- pray over ministries
- keep up with ministries at church
- keep up with blog ministries
- write

So for 2026 I am going to discover more about God, my husband, my family, my health, and my ministries and I am so excited! 2026 is my year of discovery!

If you are ready to make 2026 an intentional year and cultivate all those things that matter most to you, I highly recommend the Powersheets Goal Planner! This goal planner helps you realize what matters most to you; set goals that you will actually reach; and set daily, weekly, and monthly action steps to get there. Right now when you order, you can get up to 60% off and pick a free gift! Just click the image below!

Do you have a One Word or goals you are going to work on? Share in the comments! Let's make 2026 a year to remember!

THE OTTER B SERIES

My grandchildren love books and I am so excited about the Otter B Series from Focus on the Family! The Otter B series is perfect for preschool and young readers. Each book has the story of Otter B and his animal friends as they learn Biblical character traits like being helpful, bravery, kindness, and honesty.

Each title comes in two different forms. The first one is for ages three to five (although I think up to seven would love these) and the Little Learner Edition for baby to four years, this is more of a board book.

At the end of each book there is a Scripture verse to go with the book's theme, a note for parents, and a QR code to scan with parenting resources.

The Otter B Series is so cute and I am so excited to gift these books to my grandkids for Christmas!

To find out more about the Otter B Series, click HERE.

WHY DID HE COME?

For God loved the world in this way:

He gave His one and only Son, so

that everyone who believes in Him

will not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16 CSB

Why did Jesus come to this world?

God loves you and I so much that He sent His own Son to this earth to be born in human form just to die for us. Jesus came to this earth with one purpose: to die so that we may live. Are you ready to accept His gift? The gift of life?

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WEEKLY BLESSINGS {12.15.25}

What is something you are thanking God for today?

Continuing to count God's sweet blessings...

4030. Christmas party with the ladies at church.

4031. A beautiful Christmas symphony with my husband and daughter.

4032. Time with my husband.

4033. Lunch to celebrate my son's birthday.

4034. Working on puzzles with my husband, I love the phone and TV free time together.

It's your turn! Share something you are praising God for. I would love to rejoice with you.

IDENTITY

Child of God. Wife. Mom. Grammie. Daughter. Sister. Friend. Writer. Reader. Nature girl. Cruise enthusiast. Lover of all things cozy.

We all have an identity. Yet we all struggle to find what our identity is. Why am I here? What is my purpose? Who am I? Am I special? Do I really matter? We want definition to this thing called life.

In his new book, Identity, Conrad Hilario helps us to see ourself through God's eyes. You see, the world tells us one thing, God tells us the truth.

Hilario says, "Simply filing facts into your mind about your new identify isn't enough to change your life. You will often encounter a collision between facts and feelings. Your feelings often contradict what God declares is true of you. That's why you must exert faith. You need to reject what your feelings are telling you in favor of what God says."

Hilario also teaches the Biblical truth that we are to be different from the world. Our identity should reflect that of someone living for God, not of someone living for the world. If the world can't tell us apart, how will it know we are Christians? We are called to have an identity separate from the world

All throughout Identity you will find Scriptures and truth about finding your identity in Christ; and each chapter ends with a prayer. Identity is a great book and I know you will come away blessed. For more on Identity, click HERE.