'Maybe you are one of those people who commit to New Year's resolutions each year and by this time of year you have already fallen off track from where you wanted to be. I myself am one of those that struggle to keep all the resolutions I put on my list at the beginning of each year. A couple weeks ago I noticed that my husband (John) had started a new devotional on the YouVersion Bible app called One Word That Will Change Your Life. So I decided to check it out for myself. It challenges you to seek the Lord and choose one word to be the theme for your year. It is a unique spin on New Year's resolutions that I had never heard of, and I can tell you this much, one word is so much easier to remember than everything I had written down on my list of New Year's resolutions. Over the course of a few days I had a three words that I felt would be good words for me for 2016. As I prayed about it the Lord made it clear to me which of those words I needed to choose to make my word for the year. It was the word ACTION. I am a thinker. I think and ponder a lot. That is not a bad thing, but doing a lot of thinking and not taking much action doesn't accomplish a whole lot when all is said and done. I often write notes and to do lists when the Lord gives me ideas, or shows me things I need to do, or things that I need to work on. But sometimes that is far as I get, especially when it is not a pressing matter. Sometimes time gets away from me or things come up in life that take over. The reasons why I don't take action vary, but the end result when I don't take action on things is often a feeling of failure and being disappointed in myself. Just as the Word tells us in James 1:22 to "be doers of the word, and not hearers only," I believe the Lord wants us to not only think about things, but to do the things He has laid upon our hearts. So this is my one word theme for the year - ACTION. If you have gotten sidetracked from your New Year's resolutions I would encourage you to try this one word approach. It may take you further in the course of a year than the list ever would have. Copyright 2016 Christine Edwards
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