This year was not easy—my body carried pain, my days were interrupted by hospital rooms, and my spirit was tested in moments of weakness. Yet through it all, You were with me. Lord, as I look back on the past year, my heart rests in quiet gratitude. In January, when illness confined me to a hospital bed for eight days and fear tried to take hold, You gave me strength I didn’t know I had. In February, when complications came and another operation was needed, You guided the hands of doctors and...