Believe: A word for 2019
Last night, J and I went out to dinner, and we talked about what we are looking forward to the most in 2019, and things that we are hoping to work on in the new year. We talked about becoming better listeners, trying to be more kind to each other, giving grace.
During the conversation, and as we continued talking even this morning, a word came to my mind: "Believe."
This year, I want to work on choosing to believe what God says about me, and allowing that truth to change how I see myself, instead of allowing my failures and weaknesses to define how I see myself. It is not, and never has been, God's will for me to beat myself up over my mistakes, my at-times ill temper, and my pride and defensiveness. The walls I've put up because of that have prevented me from accepting God's perfect grace, and has crippled me of living a life free in Christ.
I recently started reading Jesus Calling, an anniversary gift from J, and last night I underlined this: Do not carry old habits and ways into this new year. I am choosing to believe that this year will be different. I am choosing to believe, most importantly, that God IS completing a good work in me, even when I don't "see it" or "feel" any differently (He is still working!!). Right now I'm holding onto that verse in Romans 12:
Believe! God is who He says He is and He CAN be trusted! He is good. He knows the best for me, always has, always will. May this be the year chains are broken and minds- and lives!- are transformed and renewed in Jesus' name!
During the conversation, and as we continued talking even this morning, a word came to my mind: "Believe."
This year, I want to work on choosing to believe what God says about me, and allowing that truth to change how I see myself, instead of allowing my failures and weaknesses to define how I see myself. It is not, and never has been, God's will for me to beat myself up over my mistakes, my at-times ill temper, and my pride and defensiveness. The walls I've put up because of that have prevented me from accepting God's perfect grace, and has crippled me of living a life free in Christ.
I recently started reading Jesus Calling, an anniversary gift from J, and last night I underlined this: Do not carry old habits and ways into this new year. I am choosing to believe that this year will be different. I am choosing to believe, most importantly, that God IS completing a good work in me, even when I don't "see it" or "feel" any differently (He is still working!!). Right now I'm holding onto that verse in Romans 12:
Do not conform to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Believe! God is who He says He is and He CAN be trusted! He is good. He knows the best for me, always has, always will. May this be the year chains are broken and minds- and lives!- are transformed and renewed in Jesus' name!
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