Seven years ago, my word of 2013 was light.
Six years ago, my word of 2014 was release.
Five years ago, my word of 2015 was nourish.
Four years ago, my word for 2016 was presence.
Three years ago, my word for 2017 was authentic.
Two years ago, my word for 2018 was hygge.
Last year, my word for 2019 was no.
This week, I pondered whether or not I even wanted to do a word for 2020. I’ve not really been paying attention to the words I used the last few years – sometimes doing the opposite of what I had hoped. Then this word showed up in several places and I decided to keep a word for 2020. This might be my last ‘word of the year.’ And it is a word that I want to keep for the rest of my life.
This word?
Faith.
The last few years have not felt as joyful as years prior. The last few years have felt more bitterness, stress, doubt, exhaustion, chaos, discontent, anger, and disappointment than years prior. They have been good years. Nothing terrible has happened to me. I’m healthy and well. But my soul is restless and drained.
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. – Hebrews 11:1
I need to have more faith in God. In everything that happens in my life.
For me, FAITH is:
- putting God first.
- trusting God with everything.
- not worrying because God has a plan that is greater than mine.
- knowing that there will be hard times. we are not promised a happy life on Earth.
- staying away from things that aren’t beneficial to my growth (whether this be certain foods, social media, movies, whatever).
- peace.
Here’s to having more faith this year…..