My Word of the Year- Invite
January/February is often the time of new beginnings. It seems an odd place to start fresh when the world here in the upper Midwest is cold, dark and uninviting. Yet with the new year comes a reformation of habits, goal setting, and honest attempts for improvement. If you're a gardener, you know that some seeds need that time of cold in order to fully sprout and be at their best. It's with this mindset that I go into picking my word of the year. That this word chosen in the cold, dark months will help me grow in some way later on. This year's word came to me late. So late in fact I was beginning to think I'd be taking this year off. Let me set the scene for you. I'm sitting in church praying before the service starts, hands folded, and eyes closed. I asked God to show me my word of the year if I was meant to have one. After getting "joy" last year and then having a particularly difficult emotional year I was nervous to even ask this in prayer. But I ...
