Good Monday morning blog world. Yes, it is Monday. I am not going to lie, I am tired. I either ate something that didn’t agree with me Saturday or I had a little bug, but I spent the day in bed yesterday and as I sit here this morning, after getting up on time, after making breakfasts, tying the tie for the basketball game(which I did in one try-taking a bow), taking a short walk with the dog, reading through WordPress, showering, getting dressed, I AM TIRED. I am like throw in the towel and go back to bed tired. But not today, today I will push through and go easy. I will do what needs to be done and then I will rest and I will do it again and again until my day is over. The nice thing about yesterday was that I’ve been trying to practice Sabbath on Sundays, and truly, Sabbath is what I did yesterday. For a moment yesterday I felt like God was saying to me, “I wasn’t sure if you were going to rest today, but now you have to.” I didn’t argue. I laid in bed, finished reading a book, took a few naps, watched a movie, ate carbs, didn’t argue with anyone about their screen time… If it wasn’t for the whole feeling yucky thing, it really could have been quite a nice day.

Back to today though. Today I want to share with you my word of the year. For years I listened to podcasters who talked about their word and I was like, what does that even mean? How does one decide on a word? I say billions of words, why would one word be so special? And then I woke up last year and was like, I get it now. Having a word for the year is like having a goal, a focus. It isn’t just any word. It’s not like you wake up January 1st and you say, “my word of the year is Iron.” (Note-there is an iron in front of me along with sunglasses, a charging cord, and my phone.) No, your word for the year has meaning. It is something you want to focus on. It is something you want to do(but not iron), become, exude. My word for the year is(drumroll please)… Contentment.

I chose this word because it is something I struggle with but something I am always striving for. It is something I want very badly to have and something I am always praying about. In this season of life that I am in, with three teenagers who are growing up faster than I can even fathom, I want to be content with who I am, who they are, what we have, and where we are. The truth is, God has blessed me with the longings and desires of my heart and so much more, but in all of my humanness, I often find myself wanting more or wanting it to be different. So the prayer of my heart is not to strive to be content, but to practice contentment, to remember all the things the Lord has done, and to know that He is not done yet.

I love this song by Seph Schlueter, Counting My Blessings. It is a beautiful song about God’s faithfulness and that his blessings exceed the numbers that we can even count. I’ve copy and pasted a verse below.

God, I’m still counting my blessings
All that You’ve done in my life
The more that I look in the details
The more of Your goodness I find
Father on this side of Heaven
I know that I’ll run out of time
But I will keep counting my blessings
Knowing I can’t count that high

Do you have a word this year? I’d love to hear what your word is! Please share with me what it is and I’ll pray that you will live it out this year. As always, thanks for reading!