The year God asked me to do things differently - inviting me into the desert

By 2025-12-22T14:57:00

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Perry-May Britton loves starting off each new year with a fresh list of resolutions to tick off, but here she describes what happened in 2025 – when God invited her into the desert

I love the start of a new year; it is a great opportunity to buy a lovely new journal (stationery addicts will understand), make a new list of resolutions (list people will glow at the thought) and feel hopeful about the new life and new body that awaits me down the new year line…

It was an invitation to pursue intimacy with him, to learn to be with him without an agenda

My list is usually something like a Christian version of Bridget Jones’ Diary:

Do the Bible in a year (in an actual year).

Spend an hour with the Lord every day and two hours on Sundays. 

Exercise six days a week (with one day off for Sabbath).

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