WotY

In 2013 I was challenged to find a word for the year and since then I have each subsequent year devoted my heart to a word (2014 and 2015).    In November I began thinking and praying over my word for the coming year.  My prayers specifically were that I would be given a word that would bring about change in my life.  A word that had power and meaning, one that would stand up to the previous years.  When the end of December rolled around I was feeling lackadaisical in my word selection.  I had not settled on one word, I had a few floating around but my heart was not willing to commit.

The last two weeks of December were trying.  We experienced a few crazy events and I was feeling overwhelmed, and not in a good way.  January first came and I was not committed to a word for the year of 2016.  I in fact contemplated not even bothering my mind about a silly word.  Last week I felt like I was treading water and not doing a very good job at it.  I mentioned to Hubby, “Does it ever get easy… life?”  He laughed off my comment and said, “We aren’t desolate.”

That night I went to bed and prayed, prayed that my heart would have a change.  I asked for renewal to my weary soul.  I beseeched my Maker!  Help my hard heart, wake me from the slumber and make me to see the goodness.  The very next morning I woke with the word SUSTAIN.  I mulled the word around.  I thought it through.  Could SUSTAIN possibly be my word for 2016?

Being the sometimes hard headed and hard hearted person that I am I was not convinced until I sat down with my bible and began to look for scriptures that would support my word.  I knew that I would find some, but would they apply to my heart in the season that I am in?

And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Colossians 1:17

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 73:26

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

Philippians 4:4

It is now with a confident heart that I know that for 2016 I will hold onto the truth that SUSTAIN is my word.  Sustainability is not of my power but only by seeing that through the steadfast love of the Lord, he will hold me together!