"How can you expect to win this war, if your too afraid to fight?" - Anberlin
At Bible study this week, we discussed "resolutions" in honor of the New Year. We were each given a note card and told to write down 1 word that represented what we wanted to work on this year. For example, one girl said her word was "purpose" because last year she was scatterbrained and flew through the year with nothing really special to look back on at the end of it. I know the feeling honey!
Courage.
My word was courage. It's so broad, I know. That's why I picked it. I wanted a word that I could use to cover a multitude of things.
Then we had to go through and pick a few verses about our word. I found one that is one of my new favorites. I've heard the verse a million times, but because I now have a "word" and a goal, the verse takes on a new meaning. It was like I've never heard it before.
"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong." 1 Corinthians 16:13
Powerful stuff huh?
I mean, it's like 4 goals in 1 verse if you think about it. Heaven knows I've been weak and am working on being stronger. I've let my guard down. I've lacked faith at times. I've been a coward at times.
But I'm working on courage. Courage to try new things, do crazy things. Courage to date again. Courage to stand up for what I believe in, courage to stand up to what I think is right. Courage to work hard and fight for what I want.
Time will tell I guess.
"Do everything in love." 1 Corinthians 16:14
Those 2 verses put together are like ka-pow! Something always important to remember every day.
What would be your word?
Chiny, that's awesome. You can do it! That's great that you've decided to stand on that word and it will be your accountability partner.
ReplyDeleteI could use a lot of words, but I guess I'll say OPENNESS. (did I spell that right?) This year in particular I have to be open to what God has for us. OPEN to whoever he has for our family via adoption, OPEN to whatever house we live in (praying we get to move into a bigger place), OPEN to filling the needs Len has in needing a support partner to get his business off the ground, OPEN to selling my sweet car if need be to get a bigger car, OPEN to working a lot more hours, OPEN to new friendships (via the adoption community at church), OPEN to a different lifestyle so we can afford a bigger house, OPEN mind for Ry's schooling this fall... yeah, if I'm not open, there's a lot of little places Satan could try to steal my joy, hope, and contentment. I choose to be joyful, by being open to God, this year!
I like your word. That's a good word for you with all you've got coming up!
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