After much prayer, attempts at hefty goal setting & reality then reminding me who I am living this life for {http://www.thenatos.com/2012/12/the-real-motivation.html?m=1} I am still working on setting my actual goals but have my word.
Grace.
I learned what it meant last year. I was broken. I had past hurts that were impacting my day to day and I didn't know if my marriage was going to be over, what I could do to fix it all and make everything better, etc. so I started counseling. 5 months later I can say I understand grace now.
Grace is not just a word in the bible, or repeated in every chorus in a song we sing every Sunday, it's a way of living. It's extending grace in small ways and big ways. It's accepting God's grace and the fact that everyday I NEED it because I am human. I need to give it to myself, to Chris, to Finley, to family, to strangers, co-workers, everyone. We are all broken in one way or another and need it. We don't know the battles our brothers and sisters are each fighting. It's love. As a verb. It is my word. And I am beyond excited to see where it takes me in 2013.
So tell me, what's your word? What goals are you hoping to achieve this year? Isn't it exciting to think that His mercies are new every morning and He wants what is best for us?
Grace. My God is full of it :)
"Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given." (John 1:16 NIV)
