My One Word for 2015

A few years ago, I found a blog that encouraged readers to choose one word to define their upcoming year.
I took the challenge and for the last few years have chosen a word each year to try to learn about and live by.

Several of my words have included Meekness, Focus, and Intercession or Prayer.

Can you guess this years??

This year, I had a hard time at first coming up with a single word to define what I felt like I needed. I was feeling somewhat burnt out. You know like the spark was gone, the joy of life. Things were just mundane. (Maybe its just been a long year) But I don't want to just do things because I am checking it off my list, because that's what I have to do.
So I made my list....
Joy, Peace, Gratefulness, Contentment.... and more... all these things surely would help get the pizzazz back ...
None of them just clicked...

Meanwhile, I was still praying and seeking wisdom from the Lord. I was asking him to give me the word He wants me to have. And one Sunday morning He did; in Sunday school as I was listening to our lesson, the word DELIGHT popped up. God spoke!! He said:

"Delight in me.... and I will give the desires of your heart."

What does my heart desire more than Him? Nothing!!
All those things my heart desires - joy, peace, contentment, come from Him.
So - It's settled!
May this year be the year of DELIGHT!! And as I delight in my Lord and Savior - may my delight in the day to day journey return! May my joy be full - because my joy comes from Him! And may that joy overflow into the lives of those around me.

Hopefully, as time allows through the year, I will be able to share some Scripture on "delighting" with you.
The following verses are the first two that the Lord gave me to confirm my word.

Psalm 37:4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 1:2

Blessed in the man... whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

Have you chosen your word? If so I would love to hear what it is.

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