13/01/2026
Have a blessed week!
I didn’t think I needed the light. After all, I’ve lived in my home long enough to move through it in the dark. Until one night, it wasn’t. One misstep. My foot reached for a step that wasn’t there. In that moment, a quiet but unsettling thought came: Maybe I’ve been moving through life the same way, trusting routine, relying on what used to work.
Looking for answers, I opened Scripture, and Isaiah 42:16 met me right where I was: “I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them …”
Those words became a safe place to land and shone like a light down the hallway of my heart when I was too weary to pretend I had it together. I realized Isaiah was not only speaking to God's people centuries ago; he was also speaking to anyone who has felt lost, uncertain, or overwhelmed.
That was the reminder my heart needed. I don’t have to figure everything out. My job isn’t to have all the answers; it’s to trust the One who does.
Maybe that’s what you need too. Even if the familiar ways aren’t working anymore, that doesn’t mean you’re stuck. It might be God’s invitation to walk with Him in a new way, to stop striving to lead and start learning to be led. Start trusting Him with the unknown, knowing He never loses His way.
I’ll admit unfamiliar paths can feel overwhelming. But trying to navigate them without God? That’s even harder. So if your heart feels heavy and the road ahead seems unclear, friend, take heart: You’re not walking alone. The One who holds tomorrow is walking with you today.
You’re not lost. You’re being safely led.
-Jackie Smith Bell
Where in your life are you feeling weak or overwhelmed? What would it look like to stop trying to fix it all yourself and instead lean fully on God’s grace and peace this week?