Words

I love words. I always have. As a child I used to look through the dictionary to find new words. Even now, I love to write, use new words and to play word games...it's just my thing. So, you can imagine that an email advertisement for a "word of the year" necklace would get my attention (http://www.lisaleonardonline.com/). Now the dilema, what would my word be? Only one word out of all the words in the world, I have to pick just one. Hope, joy, renew, bloom, grace...so many words came to mind. And then a word snuck into my consciousness, GLORY. Growing up, my Mom would say "morning, glory!" to me when I woke in the mornings. Glory means great, adoring praise and I have much to praise God for this year. Another definition says it means absolute contentment and I pray for contentment so I can bloom where I am planted. Allow the Lord to renew my strength, while continuing to have hope, and being filled with joy. All this by the grace of God!