One Word for 2011

Welllllll....

I wrote this all out last night, then looked up my post from last year for "one word" and had written almost exactly the same thing. LOL! I am completely LOSING IT. Yes, I am. And obviously, I need to repeat this word this year, as it didn't stick with me or have the impact it was intended to last year. Though I must say, Jesus has really been making my need for Him more well-known through all the turmoil of the past 5 or 6 months. I am so laughing at myself this morning! In spite of that, I'm sticking with Him as my one word choice for the year, and hoping for greater things (and an improved memory). How appropriate that in the book of John in the Bible, he is referred to as The Logos, or the Word.

Choosing one word to focus on for the year seems to be growing in popularity and spreading across blog world. This is my fourth year to participate (love, action, and JESUS, were previously chosen) and I started doing so from reading Ali Edwards' blog. This was also my project for the first day of Art Journal Every Day.

One Word 2010

If one were judging by this blog, it would appear that I had dropped off the face of the earth! But no, life was just full with Christmas gatherings, creations, travels, gatherings, creations, etc., and there was no time left for this!

For the past two years, in following along with this blog, I have picked a word to focus on for the year. While it hasn't had a tremendously significant impact on my life, having a simple focus in that way has been helpful, even though I don't necessarily think of the word every single day.

Here are my chosen words from the past:

2008: Love

2009: Action

And now, for 2010, the word, which is really a person, is:

JESUS

And while He should be the focus every moment of every day of every year of my life (I have not chosen this the past two years because it seems that it should be so obvious and natural), the distractions of the world we live in lull and charm me away from the one who has rescued me from the consequences of my own sin and loves me more than anyone else. Hopefully you will hear more from me on this topic on a regular basis.