one word devotional
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My Word for 2025
This past Monday I shared my word of 2024, color, and the way it guided and impacted my year. But today I want to tell you about my word for this year. My word for 2025 came early, really early, like halfway through 2024 early. I was home one night and casually Googled, “nighttime bible Continue reading
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The Year of “Color”
In November of last year, I was about 90% sure that my word for 2024 was savor. It had stood out to me after reading it in a newsletter, and even though it didn’t have that oomph that most of my words do—that shininess that makes me sure they are special—I hadn’t discovered any other Continue reading
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The Year of “Peace”
Of all the words I’ve been given before, I have to admit I was the most excited about peace. On the surface, peace is the least intimidating word I’ve gotten so far. It is calming and enticing. It is something we all seek, even when we’re not trying. Peace? I asked as I sought assurance. Continue reading
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How I Choose My “Word” for the Year
Earlier this week I shared my reflection on my word for 2022: believe. As we move into 2023, as we get back into our routines (or perhaps start new ones), we are all given the opportunity to find a new word—or perhaps our first word. To find the word we can cling to over the Continue reading
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The Year of “Believe”
Typically, I can remember when I was given my word for the year. I can remember that moment of that’s it! So I keep that memory close, and then at the end of the year, knowing all that I didn’t know before, I like to reflect on it. I like to think back to when Continue reading
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The Year of “Start”
I know I wasn’t alone last January when the clock struck midnight and I sat there thinking, what could possibly follow 2020? I was feeling let down by the happenings of the last year, especially since the foreseeable future seemed to hold much of the same. And yet, the word I felt stirring in my Continue reading
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The Year of “Faith”
It is always an interesting experience to sit down and write about my word of the year, from the other side of the year. When I first learn my word, I’m excited, but often worried about what’s to come. And then in January of the following year, having lived through the ups and downs of Continue reading
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The Year of “Shine”
As a final wrap up of 2019, I wanted to share with you my word of the year. Since 2015, I have found a faith-based word to focus on each year. In these last five years (!!) I have had: trust, give, patience, surrender, and then for this year I got shine. Every word has Continue reading
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The Year of “Surrender”
If you have been around my blog for a little while, you might know that each January I seek a faith-based word to focus on for the year. In the past four years, I’ve gotten trust, give, patience, and then for 2018, I got surrender. To kick off the year, I bought this book on Continue reading
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The Year of “Patience”
As my final wrap-up post for 2017, I want to talk about my word of the year. As mentioned in this post, each January my mom, sister and I seek a faith-based word to focus on for the upcoming year. In 2016, my word was “give” and this past year my word was “patience.” Ouch, Continue reading
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