Pick a Word

Happy New Year friends and welcome to 2016! I pray that this year will bring you many blessings and draw you ever closer to the Lord.

Every January 1st people pick New Years Resolutions that they want to put into place. Loose weight, work out more, eat better, have some fun, don't have so much fun, whatever. I don't do a lot of resolutions because I never seem to follow through with them and then I just feel disappointed in myself, not a fun feeling. So if I do make a resolution I try to make sure that it's something I can actually follow through with but this year I decided to do something different. Actually I got the idea from a friend but this year rather then a resolution I urge you to pick a word!

What's one word that sums up what you want to work on this year? Or even two words.

My two are confidence and prayer. I've grown up a lot in the last year and I've gained a lot of confidence. I'm learning that the only one I need to please is the Lord. If I'm doing what He wants me to and other people aren't happy with my decisions then chances are they're not looking at me from His perspective. It doesn't mean I'm allowed to get angry with them or that I don't care what they think it means that they need to be my second priority, not my first. I still need some work with remembering that though and with living it out so my first word is confidence.

My second word is prayer. In addition to growing up a lot in the last word my faith has grown a lot but one of the things I still struggle with is communicating with God (aka prayer) not just with talking to Him and giving Him my burdens but also and especially with listening to Him. Sometimes that's the hardest part of my day so one of the things I want to work on this year is prayer.

What are your words? What are your goals? What is God putting on your heart for you to work on in 2016?