What’s in a word?!

 

One word.

COLD.

It’s cold here.

Chilly.

Nippy.

Shivery.

{{I could play all day with my Thesaurus}}

Our new house has radiant floor heating and it isn’t feeling very radiant.

And yet…..

We just had to mortgage our second cousin’s, uncle’s new house to pay the propane bill.

Speaking of words……..

I see all over the internet that people do this thing where they choose a “word of the year” kind of thing.

Quite honestly, I sort of mocked it at first. Mostly because I was sure that, like New Years resolutions, I wouldn’t be able to sustain it past January 2nd.

But the thought has taken hold and bumped around in that empty space between my ears until it dawned on me that the very reason I didn’t want to do it……… provided me with the perfect word!

STRENGTH

Behind the masks. Beneath the pain. In that place where I still keep a little happiness and faith safely tucked away----I long for strength.

 

The strength to walk a mile……………..

The strength to smile more and to be less cynical….

The strength to say “yes” to my family more often…….

The strength to gather my family for scripture study and prayer, DAILY……..

Most of all, the mental and emotional strength to realize the difference between “my strength” and the “power of the Lord”………………..

 

One year.

One word.

An interesting experiment………………………….