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Where I live, the weather is beginning to turn cold — not cold like it used to be, but cooler than August, at least.
As the year 2025 winds down, many things have been on my mind. As I look back on this year, it has been one of the hardest in recent memory, but some of the things that have made it hard have begun to level off and I am reaching forward. The Lord has sustained me and supplied the strength to keep working.
The writing is going well. Lately I’ve settled into the pattern of writing Monday through Thursday — with the goal of writing a page on each of those four days. I am posting drafts of the newly written pages on Facebook, and this has been giving me some feedback on the pages before they are finalized. On Friday & Saturday, I do other things related to my work, as well as tend to household chores, etc. Sundays, of course, I devote to worship and personal renewal and refreshment. I hope this weekly framework will be sustainable over the next year.
It will require a good deal of steady work, but I am still hopeful, and prayerful, that Walking in Christ can be published this time next year. It is conventional wisdom to publish books like this at the end of the calendar year (so people can start using them at the beginning of the new year), so I would like for Walking in Christ to be available to you in early November of 2026. I think it is possible, if you will pray that nothing unexpected happens to me!
My physical health is about the same as when I last updated you. It is a hindrance to me in many ways, but I am grateful to the Lord for keeping me in good enough condition to write. His wisdom is always best, so I try to just keep working and leave the future to Him.
Over the past few months, I have put myself on the daily regimen of reading from the Psalms in the morning and evening of each day. I follow a plan that takes me through all 150 of the Psalms every month. This is an ancient practice, and I have benefited from it greatly. From a practical standpoint, it is beginning to get me in shape to resume work on Seeking God in the Psalms, a project I began many years ago and would like to complete while I am still able. There are 52 weekly lessons in this work, and I am about 1/4 finished with the lessons. Apart from the writing, however, devoting time to the Psalms twice a day, seven days a week, has refreshed and strengthened me beyond what I would have thought possible. I recommend the practice as a supplement to your other Bible study.
Finally, I want to express gratitude for a few specific things. First, I am thankful for the privilege of doing the work that I am doing, by God’s grace. No one has ever been so blessed, and I don’t take it for granted. Second, I appreciate those who support me financially. The lost support has been replaced, for which I am deeply grateful. Once again, God has provided. Third, I am grateful for those who reach out to me in various ways, with questions, encouraging remarks, and expressions of interest in spiritual matters. And fourth, I am thankful for the experience I have gained in my nearly 76 years in this world. To say that it has been an “interesting” ride is an understatement! But taking “the rough with the smooth” (as the British say), I am thankful for the experience I’ve gained. To be involved in the Lord’s work, in any kind of way, is a blessing. To His grace, we are all indebted.
Gary Henry – WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com
WRITING GOALS
Pray with me that I will be given the ability to finish these works by January 1, 2040
- Walking in Christ — Book 6 in the WordPoints Daybook Series. Target: November 2026.
- Going Home — Book 7 in the WordPoints Daybook Series. Target: November 2029.
- Seeking God in the Psalms — a 52-lesson study — theme for each week, studies for Monday-Friday.
- Ecclesiastes — a full-scale commentary on the text of Ecclesiastes.
- Encountering Christ — what the Scriptures teach about Jesus Christ . . . and why we should believe it.
