Seasons of Opportunities

  BEAUTY Quite a few years ago, I came across a blog post about choosing a word for the year. A word to set as a goal, something to focus on and strive towards. A word that God puts on your heart to bloom and grow in your life.  I tried it, and I liked it! So for several years now, towards the end of the year, I begin thinking and praying about the word God wants for me to focus on during the course of the new year.  This year my word is  BEAUTY I've been reading quite a few books on bringing life and beauty to my home, my family, my own life, and the lives of those around me. I also know God created a world of beauty - perfect in the Garden of Eden, now flawed, but still beautiful.  He also desires to create an inner beauty  in us women  that comes from knowing Him and becoming more like His Son Jesus through cultivating a personal relationship with Him. So, my goal for the year: To create an environment of beauty in my home and ...

Soo.... It's mid-January... And for some reason I am still reeling from the holidays, the accident my hubby had almost 5 months ago, and life in general. I am just waiting for life to STOP! so I can catch up, of course, and then it can move on. Which obviously isn't going to happen... so every day I feel like I am just getting a little further and further behind. Then for a few minutes or a day, I feel like there might just be a little light at the end of the tunnel, til something else gets thrown in the mix... Needless to say, my blog has kind of gotten put on the back burner for a while, because family, kids, and other things have to take priority. However, I am still reading when I can, and hopefully will have my book reviews caught up soon. Every year, I choose a word for the year. I don't know if you guys do that or not. I read about it a long time ago on a blog and was fascinated with the idea. This year, I kept throwing around words like MARGIN, ORDER, SIMPLIFY...

A new year... Time to reflect...  Time to plan... Time to move forward... For my One Word this year, I chose  LOVE I had considered so many choices of words, but it kept coming back to this... No matter what I do... if not done in the context of LOVE... it is pointless and worth nothing. (I Cor. 13)

CONFIDENCE Isaiah 30:15 For thus saith the Lord   God , the Holy One of Israel; in returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength : and ye would not.

My One WORD for 2016 is INTENTIONAL For a while now, God has been speaking to me about how I am living my life. Kind of like the waters of my creek. Just flowing along, bouncing off of this and that, sometimes slow, sometimes fast, but moving without much purpose, rhyme or reason, just at whatever speed the current conditions make it flow.

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??