Permission to Pause with Pat Layton

Episode 117: CHRISTMAS 2025-DECEMBER 1st

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There’s something about December that holds both incredible beauty and unexpected pressure.


 Lights twinkle… calendars fill… expectations rise… and our hearts can so easily drift into overwhelm without us even noticing.

If I’m honest, friend, this time of year often invites me into a deeper reliance on Jesus—not because everything is peaceful, but because everything isn’t. And maybe you’ve felt that too.

I found myself praying recently,
 “Lord, help me not miss You in the middle of all the noise.”

Out of that simple prayer, something new was born—
 a way to slow down, breathe, and invite God’s presence into the small corners of each December day.


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