On new years, Landon and I got words for each other that were for the entire next year. His word for me was sustainability. I took that as a type of challenge, like this word was the new expectation for my life. I thought this meant I was expected to be reliable in all things and not make any mistakes, not look back, always be spiritual on-cue.
Last night I stayed up late talking to Noah and confessed how this word has become such a burden in my life. Noah explained that I have been looking at the wrong definition this whole time. I looked up sustainability today and this is what it says:
SUSTAINABILITY: to “maintain", "support", or "endure”.
Well that is totally different than what I thought! Those are all things that I can do! It reminded me of such a cool word that I got this year from Derek. He found the word fortitude and the definition and printed it out for me and I keep it on my bathroom mirror to keep it in mind.
FORTITUDE:
Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage.
The ability to endure hardship without complaining, despondancy, or murmuring.
I think both of those words go together so well. It really encourages me to remember that I have the ability to choose how to respond to a situation; I can be offended, hurt, or hopeless. Or I can choose to believe the truth of what God has said. And if God says these words are who I am this year, then I recieve that SOS! I also would like to share. Anyone else want some? You got it! I bless you with it!
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