Here we go. Another year, another word. It has been somewhere in the ballpark of 7ish years since I started doing WOTYs (Word Of The Year) and admittedly some are more successful than others. Some merit blogging, others have crushed me beyond the ability to formulate proper sentence structure and syntax. That I have requirements, filters and standards for what I write is probably pretty standard. I don't read or follow a lot of other blogs, but I can make the assumption, based on human existence and experience, that all who dare to organize and share their thoughts have some version of expectation for themselves, however different from my own those may be. Having these stipulations for myself is not limited only to blogging, but to nearly all of my WOTYs in the past. I wanted the word to be cool and unique somehow, even prompting conversation such as my "Eureka" year. So, when the Lord led me to select "Love," I frowned back at him with prideful disapproval. Clearly, I need this word more than I know. During one of my pre-WOTY days, I remember working my way through 1 Corinthians 13, focusing on a different aspect of love each month, and He did work some significant changes in my heart and life as a result. So, I was hesitant to repeat that word. But you fellow faith-walkers get it when I say that He was persistent in His pressing. In His kindness, He revealed that this was not so much about showing love to others, though that will be a supernaturally inevitable by-product of His Spirit's work in me, as it was about "[having] strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and [knowing] the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that [I] may be filled with all the fullness of God" (Ephesians 3:18-19). He exposed insecurity and approval-seeking tendencies, revealing that I do have a desire to fully known, and fully satisfied in Him, all the while reiterating that His love is steadfast and unchanging. No wonder He says that comprehending His love requires strength. His love is BIG. So much to unpack and explore this year even as I learn to celebrate that He Himself is Love. I look forward to stepping out onto this vast Ocean and to being further rooted and grounded in that Soil.
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