2018 // Word // Plant

It’s been a transitional year. Then again, we have two children two and under, so every moment is a transitional one. We have two children, so every adventure is a messy one and every day is an adventure. I will probably post something at the beginning of the year summarizing the totality of 2017. But for this moment, I am looking forward. 

My word for 2018 is plant. 

A plant is still. I am sitting still. Not just at peace, not stagnant, but still. God is still faithful. God is still here. The waves crashed and God told them “be still”. So still I will be. In an instantaneous world of rush and busy. I will be still. In a stage where everything keeps changing, I will be still. I will roll with the punches and keep my eyes on the unchanging one. 

A plant is rooted. I will stay rooted in the Word. I will stay rooted to my beliefs, to my past, to my present. I will stay rooted in who I am. I will set my roots down here in Waterford. 

A plant is growing. This year I will be returned to college and grow intellectually. I will grow as a person into the woman God wants me to be. 

I will plant. The seeds of imagination and interest into my children. The seeds of faith and knowledge into my sons. I will plant the seeds of the gospel into the town I call home. 

For everything there is a time. And now is the time for me to plant.