My Word for the Year

My Word for the Year

Last year when I started this blog I felt I was in the process of

being freed.  I had been searching out the Lord and His will but

something was holding me back.  Something was stealing joy

and peace.  Like a hand, it held fast my arm as I tried to run

to the place I saw God wanted me to be.  Regret was a constant

thought and companion.

The Lord was there.  The spirit that lives in me called

out to Him who knows all the answers and he brought this

verse into my life.  A life that was full of regrets from sin.  A life

that was being held prisoner to my past mistakes and

misadventures.

The Lord is the Spirit, where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom.

2 Cor 3:17

God heard my pleas for forgiveness and my longing to be the person

only He could make me.  I have learned to let go of the past and

experience a life full of freedom.  Freedom to run to the place

God has for me in this journey.  To move along, closer to Him and

His kingdom.

Freedom

This year another word has been spoken to me from the spirit

that lives in me.  A word that again will bring me closer to

the woman I know God has called me to be.

In my past experience with regret and imprisonment I learned to

hide.  I learned to let people see only what was good.  Only

what I thought they should see.  Not the the mistakes I had

made or the tired, weak woman I sometimes still am.

God has been speaking this word to me.

Transparency

I have felt over this past year to let the World see me.  The Good

the Bad and the Ugly.  There is such an undeniable difference

in the person that writes this blog to the person that lived

in this body 10 years ago.  If you knew that person, in the

dark days of my life, you would not recognize me now.

This can bring strong emotions like fear.  What will

people think if they knew I went through all that?  Will they

understand the difference compared to back then?  Will

someone try to hurt me with the knowledge I lay in

front of them? 

God spoke through His word to me.

Do not fear.  You are (carved) in the palm of my hand.

I loved you so much I sent my son.  You are mine - I will

protect.

I am endeavoring this year to be transparent and to not

let fear stand in the road and dictate what to show and

what not to show.  Only God should dictate what

we do and don't do.  Transparency also means I want

to be sure I am clean and in good standing with my spiritual

walk.  That will also keep me on my toes.

I have a great testimony to what I was and to where I am today.  

ONLY the Lord full of grace and His expectations of Holiness

have brought me into a place of peace and joy.  Without

Him I would still be living "lost" and Prodigal.  If I take

my eyes off of Him, be assured I will fall again.  God called

me to be transparent so that  people will be

 able to see Christ straight "through" me.

What word has God given you this year?

What new inspirations is He showing you that

will lead you to the path He expects you to take?

Psalm 3:6; Psalm 27:3; Psalm 46:2; Psalm 91:5

John 3:16; Isaiah 49:16