“It’s a brand new day and the sun is high!” – Name That Film?
Happy 2018 everyone! IS anyone else just so relieved 2017 is over? Actually 2017 tried to hang on into the new year at our house, but we officially squashed it and started the year over again on the 8th!
Anyway for the past three years I have been praying for a word to center myself around. Something to anchor me to God and his plans for me. I use that time between Christmas and the new year to decompressing and sit still. Most years I get started and the word just comes straight at me, no searching, it just falls into my path.
This year was not that easy. I opened my Bible as much as possible, I searched all the faith hashtags, I even checked the verse of the day…every day. It was already Jan and I didn’t have clarity at all. I finally did the right thing, I stopped trying to hard. I prayed for it to come in the right time and set it aside.
With most things this tactic is meant to create space for the thing we want to “just happen” while in reality it isn’t happening for a variety of reasons. Usually letting go does not make something happen right away. But it this case it did! The very next lesson at church covered this verse and I was shocked and then felt foolish for doubting God’s provision.
There is so much to learn from taking a step back and feeling that connection. I pray this year restores order, peace, confidence, and love.
-Shari
