It’s interesting how I get my word for the year. Last year it was “ponder”, which I did quite a bit of that throughout the year, guess I always will from now on cause I find myself pondering over life as I get closer to settling down in my mansion in my eternal home.

This year, the word that kept popping up in my mind and actually in front of me in some very odd ways because I felt it was too simple and plain a word for me to get excited about is….Believe.

Yet once I had made a home for my new word in my mind , I have been amazed at the depth this word truly carries. (I know I shouldn’t end a sentence with a verb but hey, it’s my blog!)

Believe- to have confidence or faith in the truth, the existence or the reliability of something; to have faith, confidence, trust.

Boy, don’t we all need to have confidence and faith in something in the times we are living in today? Well, truth to me is God’s Living Word and the promise of our salvation when we put our trust in Him and accept His Son Jesus as our Savior. That is the purest truth one will ever know.

Confidence, faith, trust….we can have it all in Him.

Beth Moore said in her blog that she wants to have her “a Jesus year in 2009″. I’m right there with you, Beth, me and my husband. That’s why we rang our new year in on our knees in prayer..for our families, friends, neighbors, co workers, the unsaved, this country, our marriage and our personal walk with Jesus. We are believing God for answering prayers this year and looking out for this country because He is ultimately the One in control. I believe that with all my heart.

I believe that healing will take place this year. I believe that love will abound this year. I believe that people will step up to the plate to help others. ( I saw tremendous evidence of that in our church this Christmas season). I believe that people will be lead to know and accept Jesus as their Savior and live in victory. I believe that hate will be replaced with love. I believe that new friendships will take place and old ones will deepen.

I believe that I really will lose this weight I want to shed! :-)

I believe because I have hope, hope in a God that never fails us or leaves us. No matter what our struggles or situation, He is with us and  will pull us through when we believe and trust Him to do so.

“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31

I believe that verse, it’s one of my favorites and has pulled me through many a weary time.

I believe that God’s mercies are new every morning and that  He will walk through each day with us and carry us when we feel we can not take another step.

BELIEVE…….. guess that’s gonna be my word for the year and you know, it’s kinda growing on me!