Your Monday Hug Devotion for May 12, 2025: Safest and Best

Welcome to this week’s Monday Hug Devotion!

As we step into a new week, let’s take a moment to reflect on what it means to choose what is safest and best - not by the world’s standards, but by God’s.

In a world full of noise, distractions, and conflicting advice, we’re reminded that the wisest path is the one aligned with God’s will. It may not always be the easiest or the most popular, but it is always the safest and best way to live.

In this week's video, you’ll find:

• Encouragement to trust God’s plan over your own
• A reminder that true peace comes from aligning with His will
• Hope to anchor your decisions in faith and wisdom

After watching, reflect: Are your current plans guided by God’s direction? Where might He be inviting you to surrender and trust Him more fully?

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This week, let’s walk forward in trust, knowing that following God isn’t just a good option - it’s the safest and best choice we can make.

Scroll down to watch the video and enter the week with renewed purpose and strength.

Mary, Queen of Peace, Pray for Us!

Safest and Best

 It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. - Philippians 2:13

Whether you realize it or not, God is busily working in you and through you. He has things He wants you to do and people He wants you to help. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to seek God's will and to follow it.

Elisabeth Elliot said, "I believe that in every time and place it is within our power to acquiesce in the will of God-and what peace it brings to do so!" And Corrie ten Boom observed, "Surrendering to the Lord is not a tremendous sacrifice, not an agonizing performance. It is the most sensible thing you can do."

So as you make plans for the future, make sure your plans conform to God's plans-that's the safest and best way to live.

"The only safe place is in the center of God's will. It is not only the safest place. It is also the most rewarding and the most satisfying place to be." - Gigi Graham Tchividjian

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