one little word 2022

One of the best things I do at the end of each year is choosing a focus for the coming year and writing out a list of plans, hopes and projects related to that focus.

For 2022, my theme is “God’s Word.”

The overarching hope for this focus is to spend a lot of time reading my Bible.

I’ve also given myself a few more trackable goals that all lead back to this first one.

In 2022:

I want to wear out my Bible! I bought a new, inexpensive paperback just for this purpose. It is small and light enough to easily carry with me and to fit inside my purse. I want to mark up this Bible with all the little notes and tidbits that come my way and the ways it changes my heart. This is not going to be a place for pretty Bible journaling (I have other Bibles and books for that), but for just getting the important things down and marking what I learn. At the end of the year, I will label the spine with “2022,” place it on the bookshelf and purchase a new Bible to start the process all over again. I can already imagine my 71 year old self with a long row of thirty Bibles arranged in chronological order, but can hardly imagine all the ways God will work on my heart in that time.

I want to read the books of Ephesians, John and Romans each ten times.

I want to completely fill my “God’s Word” notebook with words from Scripture, hymns, the catechism and bits I learn from Bible studies. This IS the place for more “pretty” journaling and a place to bring ideas together with plenty of space to write.

I want to share God’s Word and make his love known. As it fills me, I pray that it will overflow into what I do, how I spend my time and - most importantly - the people in my life.