{"id":1948,"date":"2026-01-03T20:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:04:36","slug":"four-years-left-in-this-decade-what-will-you-do-with-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/four-years-left-in-this-decade-what-will-you-do-with-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Years Left in This Decade \u2014 What Will You Do With Them?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here\u2019s one truth about this new month and year &#8211; <strong>opportunity is everywhere<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New jobs are opening.<br>New offers are being extended.<br>New contacts are being made.<br>New ideas are coming alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for those whose past work and labor are <strong>still producing<\/strong>, still keeping the cash register ringing, God rarely wastes foundations &#8211; often, He simply strengthens them. So, this season isn\u2019t about rushing, forcing, or chasing. It&#8217;s about recognizing momentum, partnering with wisdom, and seizing the moment\u2014 while remaining open to what God may place in the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just before I talk about the new, look at how I ended the &#8220;old&#8221; &#8211; the tallest Christmas trees and the tallest Christmas tree were dope! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"#Rest defined #offtop #greatstart\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d5sOZhnTeOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyways&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Four Years Left in This Decade<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let that sink in for a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We still have four years left \u2014 four years to build, to grow, to heal, to take bold steps, and to close the gaps on unfinished dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So ask yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What remains unfinished that still matters to your heart?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What opportunity is waiting on your courage \u2014 not your perfection?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What will you choose to do differently this time, with clarity and maturity?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Time is not scolding us \u2014 it is simply inviting us to be intentional. Until next time \u2014 may you keep finding strength in the hills and grace in the valleys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s one truth about this new month and year &#8211; opportunity is everywhere. New jobs are opening.New offers are being extended.New contacts are being made.New ideas are coming alive. And for those whose past work and labor are still producing, still keeping the cash register ringing, God rarely wastes foundations &#8211; often, He simply strengthens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-lifestyle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1952,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions\/1952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsinthevalley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}