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# New Year Flow
- URL: https://www.belonging.house/new-year-flow/
- Published: 2025-01-03T11:00:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-24T23:51:33.000Z
- Author: Christ John Otto
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1784937001272, #Import 2026-07-24 23:50

Thank you for your prayers,  
blessings on this ninth day of Christmas,  
and happy New Year.

**My daily rhythm** 
**begins around five in the morning.**  
I make coffee,  
and then I open up my daily office,  
and read the daily scripture readings.  
And as I invite others to do,  
I focus my attention on the daily gospel reading.

Many mornings  
I have to push through "static"  
and I have to ask God to show me  
heaven's perspective,  
and often I have to forgive someone,  
or I have to let go of anger over something.

**Anger stops the flow of life.**

Being a shepherd to a growing flock of artists  
requires a constant flow of the life of the Holy Spirit.

I am learning  
that in order to receive,  
I have to make open space in my life.  
Sometimes open space means  
giving something away,  
letting go of a dream or desire,  
or releasing a person.  
Recently, I have done some hard letting go  
in order to make space that only God can fill.

And the same is true  
for artists and creative people.  
Often we get **clogged up**  
with our dreams,  
desires,  
and ideas.  
I get a new idea about once an hour.  
You have to let them go.  
I write them down  
and I give them away.  
You cannot hold onto them.

Ideas are just ideas,  
some are good,  
and some are bad.  
**No idea is precious.**

And when you let go,  
forgive,  
release,  
or set free,  
you begin to sense the flow again.

It is a new year,  
and many of us are faced with unanswered questions,  
and unbelievable challenges.  
And the only way you can get a new start  
**is to release the old season.**  
It's okay.

**Things don't always go the way we hope.**  
Sometimes even a word from God,  
doesn't work out in the time frame  
or the circumstances  
we thought they would.  
Your hearing wasn't wrong--  
there were things in the mix  
**that were outside of your control**.  
It's okay.

Today,  
release the thing blocking your path.  
Put it in God's hands,  
and believe that he will work it out  
better than you can.

And breathe deep  
the air  
from the **open space**  
in your life.

God has more for you  
and can fill it in ways you never imagined.

He Never Fails,  

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