My new year started off busy, and it wasn't until today that I really sat down to plan and pray and write and dream about the year ahead.
I was once again surprised by the word that came to me, and yet not at all surprised when I considered the directions my life has been taking, and the things that God has been whispering to my heart.
My word for 2013 is HONOR.
I had to smile as it emerged. It was a word that had been on my heart for a couple specific things in my life - the need to honor the journey in those areas - but I wasn't expecting it to be the word that would set the stage for the year ahead.
For me, honor carries tones of respect, of discipline, of sacrifice, of commitment. It carries the pull to conformity in certain areas, and validation and worship in others. It's a big word.
And yet, I'm looking forward to it.
I feel like honor is a good place for me to base this year.
This is my last year of nursing school. I feel the pull to honor the ways that my school commitments impact my life, and my schedule. I feel the need to honor the things Jesus is teaching me in the midst of the process of becoming a nurse. I feel the need to honor myself by working to excel in this last year of school.
I continue to journey with my body. I stopped writing about it here because it was a mostly negative journey for much of the last year. But this year I feel the pull to honor my body by exercising a greater degree of discipline and commitment in what I eat, and how often I exercise.
I feel the pull to honor my mind, too. Not just in school, but in what I feed it. I want to honor it by putting limits in place for the amount of television I consume, and spending more time reading and writing. I want to honor the part of me that is a writer by making a commitment to show up in a few different spaces where I write and to contribute something to those spaces on a regular basis.
And most importantly, I want to continue to honor the journey of faith that Jesus has been taking me on. I want to honor it by taking the time to read, and pray and write and research as I move into new places of faith. I want to honor it with deep conversations with soul friends. I want to honor it with daily time in scripture and devotional readings that open my heart to listen.
I'm a person who excels with goals, and so I still set some for the year, but each year they stem from the word I chose. This year those goals include things to do with healthy eating, with trying new things (in life, and a couple new recipes a month). They have to do with instituting discipline in some areas of my life (areas like exercise and finances). And they have to do with feeding into the relationships that honor who God has made me (like cuddling babies, and investing in time with soul friends).
I'm looking forward to 2013, and seeing what comes from a year of honor. I expect it to be challenging, and just as much of an adventure as always!
I was once again surprised by the word that came to me, and yet not at all surprised when I considered the directions my life has been taking, and the things that God has been whispering to my heart.
My word for 2013 is HONOR.
I had to smile as it emerged. It was a word that had been on my heart for a couple specific things in my life - the need to honor the journey in those areas - but I wasn't expecting it to be the word that would set the stage for the year ahead.
For me, honor carries tones of respect, of discipline, of sacrifice, of commitment. It carries the pull to conformity in certain areas, and validation and worship in others. It's a big word.
And yet, I'm looking forward to it.
I feel like honor is a good place for me to base this year.
This is my last year of nursing school. I feel the pull to honor the ways that my school commitments impact my life, and my schedule. I feel the need to honor the things Jesus is teaching me in the midst of the process of becoming a nurse. I feel the need to honor myself by working to excel in this last year of school.
I continue to journey with my body. I stopped writing about it here because it was a mostly negative journey for much of the last year. But this year I feel the pull to honor my body by exercising a greater degree of discipline and commitment in what I eat, and how often I exercise.
I feel the pull to honor my mind, too. Not just in school, but in what I feed it. I want to honor it by putting limits in place for the amount of television I consume, and spending more time reading and writing. I want to honor the part of me that is a writer by making a commitment to show up in a few different spaces where I write and to contribute something to those spaces on a regular basis.
And most importantly, I want to continue to honor the journey of faith that Jesus has been taking me on. I want to honor it by taking the time to read, and pray and write and research as I move into new places of faith. I want to honor it with deep conversations with soul friends. I want to honor it with daily time in scripture and devotional readings that open my heart to listen.
I'm a person who excels with goals, and so I still set some for the year, but each year they stem from the word I chose. This year those goals include things to do with healthy eating, with trying new things (in life, and a couple new recipes a month). They have to do with instituting discipline in some areas of my life (areas like exercise and finances). And they have to do with feeding into the relationships that honor who God has made me (like cuddling babies, and investing in time with soul friends).
I'm looking forward to 2013, and seeing what comes from a year of honor. I expect it to be challenging, and just as much of an adventure as always!
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