2020 is over. And it was hard. And it sucked in many ways.
But God.
He’s still in control. He wasn’t surprised by anything that happend. We may not like that fact as believers, but it doesn’t make it any less true. Wherever you stand on masks, vaccines or how this virus is spread – God knew it would happen and those that would die in some way related to coronavirus in 2020. I don’t begin to understand how it all plays into His plan, but I’m not supposed to. Where you stand on the neverending drama surrounding the election – God knows how that will turn out too. And I have to be okay with that.
My word for 2020 was content. I’m not there yet. So I’m carrying it over in part to 2021 and adding the word focus. One definition is a point of concentration, another a center of activity, attraction or attention. My focus has been over all the place for YEARS. I know it, I’ve attempted to steer it towards keeping the focus where it should be in my life. On God. I want to be a better example for my daughter and a better wife and helpmate to my husband, and to do that I need to be focused on where the strength to do that comes from. I won’t be good at it, let alone perfect…and honestly that’s comforting to me – it’s the journey that I feel like I need to focus on it. It’s knowing that I have to focus on where God has me to be, and be content that it’s enough and to be still.
I am focusing on my health this year as well. Not as in going to lose weight and excercise focus, although I will be doing that. But focusing on making good decisions for myself and my family. I see the importance of my role as the gatekeeper of what comes into my home. My child can’t eat junk if I don’t buy it. My husband can’t go to the cupboard for tortilla chips if there are not any there. I’m taking responsibility for what I can control and trusting God to give me the strength to do the rest.
Happy New Year from my little corner of the world! Let’s do our part to make it great.
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