The one word...

Welcome to my new blog!  I had one in the past but I can't remember it's name or login info or how to find it...for those of you who know me well, that's not a big surprise :) This blog comes after lots of pondering and prayer.  Let me explain...


At the beginning of this new year, our Pastor encouraged us to NOT make new year's resolutions.  Yep...he said to throw them out the window because we never keep them anyway.  Instead, he encouraged us to concentrate on one word for the entirety of 2014.  OK...that's easy enough, right?!  I'm a simple person and the less I have to "do" the better.  You'd think that word would come easy, right?


WRONG!


Here it is, February already and I still didn't have my word!  My friends have their word.  My husband has his.  Where is mine!!  As I listened to each person's word as they told me about them, I would ponder it, but it just wasn't right for me. 


And then, just as He always does, God revealed the word that I would fixate upon for the remainder of this year. 


SET


Yep...you read right...it's SET.  Not too exciting but there it is LOL


And here is the back story...


I've lived most of my life a Christian.  I have the privilege of a pair of beautiful people as my parents, who instilled a godly heritage in my life.  I came to know Christ at an early age and I've always been sensitive to the Spirit.  But somewhere down the line, I started trading holiness for acceptance.  And justifying it.  Defending it as freedom in Christ.  Over the past few months, due to God's word spoken in the pulpit, Bible Study, friends living in true freedom and random things I would see on FB and other media outlets, I have been truly struggling with my effectiveness for Christ. 


Am I any different than the world around me?
Do I cause others to long for Christ or do I indulge in the same activities they do, expecting them to want a change?
What am I teaching my children with this behavior?


OUCH, OUCH, OUCH!!!


Over and over, I would hear the Spirit say to me, "You are set apart." 


And so, I am taking this year to study this through the Scriptures and books and much prayer.  I know that my soul longs to glorify God and brings the lost to him (either those without Him in their lives or those who have walked away from their faith for a time).  I want to live a different life!  A life set apart.


I am truly excited to start this journey...the next blog is already completed, but you have to wait til tomorrow ;) 


See you then!!!