In some ways February can be a difficult month. The newness of the January is gone. February is still grey and cold. It is short and we are on to March. Last week we had signs of spring now we have views of winter. My word for 2018 is Grow and my goals all relate to that. 1. Grow deeper in my relationship with God I am really enjoying reading through the Bible in 90 days. Reading through in 90…
Just three weeks into the new year and those were the words I said to myself. “That’s it, I quit.” Three weeks of working on one of my goals for the year and I was ready to quit. It was not going the way I planned. I didn’t see the results I wanted. It was not easy. It was restricting my life I was ready to quit. I know only three weeks into the year and I was ready to quit….
Once upon a time, I said that I loved Airwaves that had come on the market recently. Next thing I knew I had a case of it. Yes, it was the case of be careful of what you say you love. I don’t know how long it took for me to chew my way through that case. Honestly, 17 years later I really don’t want to chew Airwaves. Love we use the word to express our feelings towards gum or…
I had a number of thoughts of things I wanted to do this year. I had things I want to finish, things to try. I wrote them down and it looked like a big “to do” list. Then I started to group them together. I thought I had a goal but not quite. As I worked through this, I decided on my word for the year. GROW Somehow the Word of the Year came easier than the goals but then…
The goal of A Fruitful Year is to focus on abiding and bearing fruit with a focus on the fruit of the Spirit. There are two scripture passages that are foundational for A Fruitful Year. One is John 15:1-17; this is the passage where Jesus says, “I am the vine.” The other passage is Galatians 5:16-25 which is the passage with the fruit of the spirit. My plan is that once a month I will just focus a bit on…