One Word

Have you heard about choosing one word for the new year?  It spoke to me when I read this idea.  It will be the word that defines each day, and then the whole year.  It will guide decisions, define choices.  It may refrain or it could push one forward.  What One word could characterize last year?  What word would you want to order this year?

My Word is JOY.  I want to have joy when spending time with the Lord.  I desire joy to be the epitome of my marriage.  I want it to be the driving factor of my service to the Lord, the work I do at home, and the attitude in which I minister to others.

Some antonyms of joy are:  sadness, sorrow, seriousness, melancholy and woe.  Who wants to be around a person with that kind of disposition?  Who would want that kind of Christianity?

My verse for the year that will remind me of my word is – Acts 20:24 – But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

So, today, I move forward.  How?  With joy.  Joy in trials, hardships, good times and bad.  By God’s grace, I desire to begin and finish 2014 with Joy!

I’d challenge you to think of a word that will motivate you this year.  What word will it be?  It’d love to hear!

With joy,