I’ve picked a word again this year.
Embrace came to mean so very much to me. The word came to perfectly describe 365 days. Now for the new year’s word…but first:
The History
Seven years in a row now, I’ve asked God for a word. I write no resolutions. Just one word.
The way He’s given each word is a story in itself, really. Read the stories here:
- 2010 // o p p o r t u n i t y — that year no one knew how to say when we were (is it oh-ten or ‘ten or twenty-ten?), I hardly knew where I was, new grad that I was. I started writing.
- 2011 // r a d i c a l — because it’s synonymous with Daring (my favorite word of them all).
- 2012 // p r a y e r — failed me. Or I failed it. And I learned therein lies its greatest beauty
- 2013 // r e n e w i n g — plopped me on a dusty path where the sunlight shimmers
- 2014 // r i s e — it became my battle cry
- 2015 // e m b r a c e — it came to mean so much more than I could have known on this day a year ago
From Embrace…
I’ve said this for years in a row: I think this year’s word may be the bravest of them all.
I think this year may be the bravest of them all.
In 2015, I edited three books over and over again and held two of them in print. I did not see 2015 coming when I first saw the word Embrace settle into a token-ring I wore all year long. In 2016, though, the series comes to an end.
And a whole lot of other things I may share about soon may see their beginning…
To Poem
Now here’s my hope and my promise to this New Year…
Do you choose One Word? I talk more about the process in this recent post on Kindred Grace.
Victoria Grace Howell says
I’ve never thought of choosing one word for this year. I’ve written several resolutions this year, but I hadn’t thought of this. This is cool. ^ ^
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Rachelle says
Thank you, Victoria! I admire your resolution-writing, and wish you a happy 2016! :)