I read a blog a few years back about praying for a “Word” that would umbrella my year. Kind of like a new resolution, and people were doing it around January 1. Two years ago the “word” I received was a phrase: “Be the community you want to see.” I knew exactly what this was about. I was part of a mom’s group at the time and although we were getting together regularly, we were only getting to know each other on a very surface level. So I took this message, to be the community and I tried to make it happen. I set up small play dates at my house with one or two other moms and kids to and tried to create friendships.
It was great, for about a year, and then as often happens in a group of women living in a fallen world, it all fell apart. I said something in an honest desire to help a situation and it all went somewhere that seems to require a handbasket. After this encounter it was like I opened my eyes clearly and saw that all my efforts were for nothing. There was no greater community than there was before and I lost all desire to try.
Interesting….that is not what I was planning to write when I started this blog post.
So, back to the plan. Its March and I finally have a new word, a new phrase. I want to FALL IN LOVE WITH THE BIBLE. This will be the year of the Bible. I want to fill my house with it. I want to have a passionate need to read the Bible, study it, devour it. Read it and understand it on my own. I’ve read so many books ABOUT the Bible, now I want to read the ACTUAL Bible. But I don’t just want to read it at a head level I want it to be at a heart level. To actually fall.in.love.with.the.Bible.
I have no idea how to make this happen. God help me.