One Word to inspire.
One Word to frame your year.
One Word to move you forward in your relationship with The Lord.
One Word to focus on for 2011.
Do you have One Word?
I’m sure you can guess mine.
I wasn’t planning on writing this post. But sometimes, a post writes you.
Let me explain.
For the past 3 years, each of my One Words have come from One Verse:
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16
I didn’t plan this. But slowly, over the years this has become my life verse. No other verse describes my heart’s passion for God’s Word and the strengths He has given me. The truth is, when I prayed for God to show me my word for 2008,2009, and 2010, it was as though He took a big flashlight and spotlighted: Word, Dwell, and Thankfulness.
So this year, the Lord spotlighted Grace as my One Word. Though I was excited about this journey, I was sad that my One Word would not be part of my life verse.
Last week, I was looking for verses to memorize with my One Word, in it. As I was scrolling through the references I noticed the list included Colossians 3:16. Now, please know that I have studied this verse closely for the past 3 years. I have never seen the word Grace. But look what I found at Blue Letter Bible:
In the KJV, the verse reads “singing with GRACE in your hearts to the Lord.” I seriously about fell out of my chair. Not only is my One Word in my Life Verse, but it is the same One Word I had last year. In the original Greek, the word is charis. The KJV translates this as Grace. Other versions (like NASB) translates this word as Thankfulness.
My heart was flooded with emotion. God is so good to me. His Word is living and active. I learned that even when you think you know it, He still has so much more to teach you.
Don’t even get me started on how thankfulness leads to grace. We will have to save that for another post!
So tell me, what is your One Word?
Love it when His Word jumps off the page. He is so awesome.
It was there all along…oh this is rich!
Wow, God is amazing! Thanks for sharing and for the reminder that His word is so ALIVE!
Oh how I miss studying the Word with you my friend!
HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!!! He is a giver of gifts…grace upon grace!
Amen! He never ceases to amaze me!
I love how your One Word’s have all come from the same verse up until now. And I love your verse for this year! Mine is “constant” – continual, persistent, sustained, unceasing, relentless. “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Blessings!
Constant is a very inspiring word Barbie! I love that verse as well. Praying right now that it truly frames your year! Thanks for stopping by today!
What a sweet gift from God! My one word is “wait.” And it’s already making a difference in my life!
I read your post about wait in my reader! God does so much in our lives when we wait on Him. And, it is in the waiting that we have the chance to minister to others as well! Love seeing you here today Michelle!
I am not sure if this is my one word….but for sure it is what God is calling me to study….maybe it will become my one word…. (I have never really had one of those!)
So glad to be studying alongside you Danielle! We can dive deep into this grace ocean together!
love when our Lord speaks to us like this!
I think He longs to Tracie, it is just sometimes I am not listening!
Isn’t that just like God?! We follow in obedience to what He has laid on our hearts, even though it may seem a bit disappointing and then *poof* He does it… He blesses our socks off!
I’m so glad you shared this with us! What an encouragement to me today!
I’m so glad you were encouraged, I was too! He never ceases to amaze me.
Beautiful post, Stacey. I am looking forward to exploring this with you throughout the year. I’m sharing my One Word tomorrow.
Thanks sweet friend. Love having your posts tucked inside my mail box each day!
It’s actually a phrase – “Would love to – can’t.”
So I guess the one word is “priority”.
“Sometimes a post writes you” – beautiful and so very true.
Lovely words, friend.
That is one big word Natalie. But the work you do to give it the weight it deserves will pay off huge dividends in your life!
So nice to see you here today!
this is beautiful, stacey! i love when God uniquely lets us know that He cares about our “small things”!
Thanks for stopping by Alece! The link up and One Word Community is such a brilliant idea. Thanks for letting us all gather and cheer each other on!
How cool is that?! I love those moments. *chills*. My One Word for 2011 is Still. I am learning be still and trust God through chronic illness. I wrote a blog post about it here: http://livelifeartfully.blogspot.com/2011/01/still.html
Thanks for sharing about your word & the back story!
Thanks Jennifer! On my way to your blog right now!