So much has happened in the past few months that I wanted to share, but with life racing by at 100 miles an hour it was hard - and "I'm too busy" provided me with the perfect excuse not to face the blank page. My One Word for 2013 - Consistency - taunted me from inside its pretty little blog button.
Truth is, when I find my words have dried up like this I can always trace it back to one thing...I haven't made the time to go to the Well the way I should. I know where I need to go to wash off life's grit. Or to quench my thirst. Or to get filled up so that the words I am given splash over onto the pages of this blog.
I've just start reading Mark Batterson's convicting and challenging book "All In" and that's where I want to be. All in. Not just drinking from the Well, but fully submerged in it. Holding nothing back. Fully committed. Fully trusting. Excited to be on a life journey with the ultimate road trip Trio.
Will there be bumps along the way? I can count on it. This year brought about many hard things that still need resolution. Like where I will live.
But I am learning to trust God more and more with EVERY detail, every concern.
So that will be my One Word this year. Trust.
I debated over several powerful words. Balance. Surrender. Consistency (again). Wait.
But for me, Trust covers it all. When I trust God, there will be balance in my life. And when I trust Him, it requires that I surrender my will to His. Trust brings about consistency because trusting Him in the small things makes it easier to trust Him with the big things - like believing there will be a roof over my head in some way, shape, or form. And trust is the only cure for impatience! To wait on Him requires complete trust because our timetable never looks like His.
I've got a Scripture for this year too.
Proverbs 3:5- 6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
I can trust God because He is good. And faithful. And loving. And consistent. And He withholds NOTHING that He deems good for me if I follow Him. And because He is perfect, I can trust His judgement on that.
Among other things, in 2014, I will trust God for a place to live and a ministry that will have eternal impact.
What will you trust Him for?
