Word for 2018

Well, I know the word that the Lord wants me to focus on in this new year.

I've had a "word of the year" since 2014.  That year it was "Still" as in "Be still and know that the Lord is God."  That verse is one of the most important Scriptures to me and probably always will be.  We need to be still before Him, in order to know Him.  And in order to know Him, we must be still.

Here's the rest of the list after 2014:

2015 = Liberty (freedom in Christ)

2016 = Simplify (to freely live and to live fully)

2017 = Trust (in God...living for an audience of One/casting all worry aside)

And so today, as I was relaxing after dinner with a steaming mug of French Vanilla coffee, and reflecting on the first day back at school with the special preschoolers and realizing that I was craving some time in the Word, I knew I had the word:  Savor

One of the definitions of Savor, when used as a verb, is "Taste". 

And oh how I long to be tasting of the Word of God.....our daily Bread.....

I have the Still thing down pretty good now.  I know the importance of putting a Sabbath margin into my day, my week, my month, my year.  I get it.  I know that even if it is just for 10 minutes every afternoon or evening, that I need to be still before the Lord and allow my breathing to slow down, my mind to trust, my emotions to have the liberty to just be....and for my life to be simplified.  To shake off the things that are not important and to prioritize the things that are so that I then can come full circle and just be.  Just breathe.  To savor Him.

I want to savor the Savior this year more than ever.

Just like I savor that first mug of coffee in the morning, so too do I want to savor God and His Words.

And when "Savor" is used as a noun, it is almost always in relation to a pleasant experience....like "the savor of wood smoke" or the savor of the pine tree....a taste, smell, or flavor.

When we taste of the Lord, we find He is good.  And to really savor Him..... we must be in the Word.....

I am looking forward to savoring the Savior each morning, in the late afternoon enjoying nature that He created, in the evenings when I am quiet before Him in prayer and meditation....and my goal is to do this more consistently and I know when that happens...when we set our minds to taste of the things of God....we will know Him intimately.........our love relationship with Him will deepen and we will soon desire to savor Him more.