Ann Voskamp has dubbed her past years with such terms as koinania, eucharisteo, communion, rest, no fear...and now Bonnie Gray is challenging those of us who long to write~~who long to use the written word to share that which is deep within~~with a prompt: what is our one word for 2015? Ha! There's even a book titled "My One Word" by Mike Ashcroft...
Oh the humor! How could I have known when my friend, Terry, sent me a link to Faith Barista's blog about Spiritual White Space that this would be the "thing" to catapult me back into a writing habit...? But here I am, and I am wondering what ONE word does God choose for me to influence my 2015...
Could it be "Forward"...when the last couple of years have been stuck looking "back"? Empty nesting can be such an empty place...filled with changes that are so foreign and overwhelming that moving left or right is impossible and moving forward is a black hole of vast nothingness.
But now...words that, in scripture, indicate something new...something is about to change. And it refers to the NOW, not the past nor the future. It carries with it the connation of cultivating, encouraging, nourishing...
Out of the blue, "lavish" comes to mind...i actually just spent some time in scripture meditating on Mary and her alabaster bottle of perfume lavished on Jesus. What would a year of "lavish" look like? Extravagance, generosity, abundance, elaborate, splendid...
Here I sit contemplating what my Lord might be saying to me, as if I must choose...and I realize He's telling me "but now, it's time to move forward and live lavishly!"
So my word for 2015 will be "lavish!"
