I've been asking God what my One Word for 2018 will be, but
haven't heard an answer yet. Sometimes I don't feel a word impressed upon me
until close to New Year's, so I'm not worried.
The truth is, I don't want to my year with the word Called to end yet. I don't want to start thinking about my next word and waste my last few days of being Called.
But as I think about this past year, I wonder if I've done enough.
When I first settled on the word Called at the end of last year, I felt moved by how God called Moses by name. And by how He calls us by name.
I was excited. I dreamed of plans I would make and things I would accomplish.
But instead, I started projects I didn't finish. If I dwell on it too long, I feel discouraged and disappointed.
I feel like I haven't done enough in my year of being called. And then I realized maybe God wasn't calling me to what I was dreaming. At least not in 2017.
Instead, He called me to a year deeper and harder than I could have imagined, and I'm glad He didn't share those details with me in January.
If I had known, I might have tried to prepare myself. But not knowing left me no choice but to depend on Him every. single. day.
I still felt Him calling me, but I was constantly unsure of where we were going or what was coming next.
Not knowing can be unsettling, but at the same time, it's where I learn the most.
It's where I learn to listen for Him, and to discern between what He's moving me to or what I'm trying to make happen.
It's where I learn that just because I don't understand the how, why or when doesn't mean He's not at work in places I can't see. {Tweet this}
It's where I learn to wait and be still, and then to move when He says move.
It's where I learn that there is beauty in the valley, and to see His blessings in the midst of difficulties.
Unfulfilled plans on my part, does not mean I've wasted the year. It just means that God had different plans, and His plans happen in His time.
If my dreams and plans fit into His big picture, then they will happen, no matter what year it is, or what my One Word is. In the meantime, I'm growing and learning with Him.
Being called by God is not a one-year commitment, but a life-long opportunity, no matter what my days look like. {Tweet this}
The truth is, I don't want to my year with the word Called to end yet. I don't want to start thinking about my next word and waste my last few days of being Called.
But as I think about this past year, I wonder if I've done enough.
When I first settled on the word Called at the end of last year, I felt moved by how God called Moses by name. And by how He calls us by name.
I was excited. I dreamed of plans I would make and things I would accomplish.
But instead, I started projects I didn't finish. If I dwell on it too long, I feel discouraged and disappointed.
I feel like I haven't done enough in my year of being called. And then I realized maybe God wasn't calling me to what I was dreaming. At least not in 2017.
Instead, He called me to a year deeper and harder than I could have imagined, and I'm glad He didn't share those details with me in January.
If I had known, I might have tried to prepare myself. But not knowing left me no choice but to depend on Him every. single. day.
I still felt Him calling me, but I was constantly unsure of where we were going or what was coming next.
Not knowing can be unsettling, but at the same time, it's where I learn the most.
It's where I learn to listen for Him, and to discern between what He's moving me to or what I'm trying to make happen.
It's where I learn that just because I don't understand the how, why or when doesn't mean He's not at work in places I can't see. {Tweet this}
It's where I learn to wait and be still, and then to move when He says move.
It's where I learn that there is beauty in the valley, and to see His blessings in the midst of difficulties.
Unfulfilled plans on my part, does not mean I've wasted the year. It just means that God had different plans, and His plans happen in His time.
If my dreams and plans fit into His big picture, then they will happen, no matter what year it is, or what my One Word is. In the meantime, I'm growing and learning with Him.
Being called by God is not a one-year commitment, but a life-long opportunity, no matter what my days look like. {Tweet this}
From
my family to yours,
Merry
Christmas!
In
Christ,
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