Daughters of Promise November/December 2015 | Page 9

YOUR WORD
for 2016
YOU REACH YOUR HAND INTO
THE BAG and pull out a jumble of letters:

L S O C F E U. Now what words can we possibly
make of all these? How do they connect to
make something new? How can we fit this
new word into the allotted space?
Have you ever felt like life is a game of
Scrabble? We are handed an assortment of
seemingly disconnected pieces, and then
asked to make something meaningful? As we
mark off those last few blocks of Gregorian
time slots, we are filled with energy and
anticipation as we hang up the crisp, new
calendar. But often, all of that enthusiasm
burns out after the first month or so, and we’re
back to where we started. Being members
of a task-oriented society, we want to have
clear direction about where we are headed,
and what we are to be doing. We need to
know what is expected of us, and how we
will accomplish the task. I would like to offer
up a way of doing just that, though we aren’t
going to make a list of New Year’s resolutions.
It all begins with: One word. But I can’t tell
you what that one word is. You see, that is
something you will have to explore for yourself.
This “one word” will be unique to you. This is
about discovering what it is that God wants
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