Over the last several years I have developed a new ritual in my life, choosing a word for the year. I usually start thinking and praying about this in December and by the beginning of January I have found my word. This year I have struggled with this ritual. My hip pain had been gradually getting worse and made it difficult for me to walk. I decided to have the hip replacement surgery in January and that loomed over my plans. Recovery hasn’t been as easy as I had hoped. In fact there have been many days of discouragement, days when I wondered if I would ever walk normally or go for a hike again. Finally a light has opened up - not because I have recovered from the surgery but because I have to come to the point with God to say, “OK if I am to never walk normally or hike again, then I will trust you to lead me in a new way.”
Now the word comes to me: PURPOSE. As Christians we have a big purpose - to fulfill God’s good purpose which is to act justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. The question then is how do we accomplish this purpose. What is our purpose this day that will bring about God’s purpose? It is a question we must ask each day. We have to be open to the way God will answer. I do believe that God has given each of us special gifts and things that we enjoy. So we must continually seek for ways to use those things to accomplish his purpose. This year I want to be diligent in searching for his purpose every day of my life. I want to be open to what God’s purpose for me right now is. I want to continue to enjoy photography and writing the blog but I also want to make sure that it is his purpose for me and be willing to give up either one. A part of the ritual of choosing a word for the year is to choose a verse for the year. Here is mine for the year: Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. Philippians 2:12-13, NIV
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1 Corinthians 10:31
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