The Power of a Word - One Little Word

In December my cousin, Allison, signed us up for a Ali Edwards "One Little Word". Allison is focusing on "Become". I was going to focus on "Balance" but it just didn't feel right. The process of selecting a word to focus on for the year has been an interesting journey in introspection. I know vulnerability is difficult; it's hard for me to open up my heart to others. I need to allow myself to be vulnerable... I'm working on this. 

A few years ago I had some experiences that really shook my trust and faith in Heavenly Father. Some of these experiences were products of my selfishness and others were just... well, I don't know what they were. I guess they were just trials that kicked my soul to the curb and left me skittish and bruised which resulted in a lack of trust in Heavenly Father. I have been working at restoring my faith, but I want to focus on trust... trusting God, trusting myself and trusting others. So my 2014 word of the year is:  


trust [truhst].

DEFINITION:

1.       Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.

2.       Confident expectation of things; hope.

3.       A person on whom or thing on which one relies

4.       The condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.

  
THESAURUS:

Confidence, Expectation, Faith, Hope, Assurance, Certainty, Certitude, Conviction, Credence, Dependence, Reliance, Sureness.

I CHOSE THIS WORD BECAUSE:

Over the past few years I feel as though I have lost trust in Heavenly Father and His plan for me. Does He have a plan for me and my life? I believe He does, but I don’t have any idea of what that plan entails. I KNOW certain things, but I lack TRUST in Heavenly Father - I know it doesn’t make any amount of sense but that is where I am. 

I also chose the word because I lack trust in myself and my ability to make good decisions. I date the wrong men. I love my job but I'm not sure that I want to stay there forever. I want to move forward and in order to do that I need to be vulnerable and trust that things will work out. So my word of the year is "Trust".

I'm not sure what this year will bring. I invite you to come along on my journey of learning to trust Heavenly Father, myself and others. Good things are in store this year - it's going to be amazing!