We made it! It is officially 2024. For many of us, it seemed like we snapped our fingers and 2023 was over. For others, 2024 couldn’t arrive soon enough. Whether you experienced more highs than lows or more lows than highs, we can all agree that 2023 was a rollercoaster of a year.
Personally, for me, I felt that God was peeling me like an onion. Continuing to show me the root of my thoughts and beliefs. It hasn’t been pleasant but it has been necessary. As I often do, I spent the last three months of the year in a very reflective mood. I explored all of my experiences and how they made me feel. This is typically the time that I also like to think forward. Where am I going? Where would I like to be?
Why You Need A Word Of The Year
I like to set the tone of my year with a word or phrase. Sometimes both. I’m big on intentions. They empower us to evaluate our lives while also directing the focus to our goals and desires. Think of your word or phrase as your target for the year. Whether you want to improve your health or travel more, you must choose what your priorities are and make a plan of execution to be successful.
Why I Chose Surrender
God has been walking me through and healing self-discovery. There has been a lot of learning and unlearning. He has been holding a mirror up to me while catching my tears in the process. Through it all He has loved me into laying down false identities while teaching me who I truly am.
Last year I chose the word grounded. It was all about grounding myself in God and His Word. 2023 was all about laying the foundation. Now it’s time to go deeper. After spending time praying and meditating on His truth over these last few weeks, I feel a pull to the word SURRENDER.
To surrender is to let go. As a recovering perfectionist, I have discovered that this can be difficult for me. I have realized that my desire to control comes from a broken place of disappointment and fear. For years, I have tried to live up to an expectation that neither I nor God set for me. From that place, desperation and a false sense of self were birthed.
It’s time to let go. To let go of who I thought I was and who I wished to become. It’s time to let go of every thought, desire, and dream. Even the ones that I am convinced are from Him. Because I have arrived at a place in my life where I don’t want to do anything outside of Him. Every thought, every belief, every goal and dream, should be aligned with His will for my life. I don’t need to try to create perfection when I was created by perfection. So I choose to surrender.
What’s Your Word?
I don’t know what your past twelve months have been or what you hope the next twelve to be. All I do know is that there is a plan and purpose for your life. You are not here by accident. You are not random. I encourage you to surrender to the truth that there is so much more for you to do and experience. So begin with intention. Set the tone. What’s your word for the year?
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