Be a Blessing

Have you chosen a word or phrase for 2021 yet?  I had not started choosing words for the year until last October 2019.  I was listening to Jill Sager, a dear lady who has really encouraged me in my own personal growth over the past 2 years. She was talking about our own personal growth being paramount, but beginning with gratitude.  

It stuck with me.

I pondered and prayed about it, not having declared or proclaimed a word of the year before, although seeing many friends do it.  I started looking up Bible verses on gratefulness, gratitude, every form of the word, really.  Then I did some searching about the difference between thankfulness and gratefulness.  There is very little difference between the two, but I was intrigued.

So I started thinking one day, "What do I have to be grateful for?"  I started listing things in my mind from my family, dogs, clothes, a roof over my head, our vehicles, and Jesus.  I thought, "I know there's much more to be grateful for!"  So, I decided to claim Gratitude for my 2020 word of the year.  No sooner had I done that, then another friend of mine posted about a Gratitude Journal.  I immediately bought it between Christmas and New Years, so I was ready on January 1st.  

Fast forward a year and I can honestly say that the Lord truly has blessed me with gratitude of immeasurable proportion!  I am completely amazed at my own attitude about this year.  I am so grateful for everything.  The Lord has caused me to have a different viewpoint on 2020 than many, I'm sure, but what happens when we turn our complaining in to gratitude is nothing short of the Lord's doing.  I am grateful for time spent with my loved ones in different ways.  I'm thankful that He has brought us through many potential bouts with covid exposure, but He has been faithful to keep each one of us safe.

What a complete blessing!  

Which brings me to my "phrase of the year" for 2021;  "Be a Blessing!"  The Lord has been working on my heart so very much through this past year of Gratitude that it is time for me to find ways to "Be a Blessing" to others.  

So folks, while I search for little and big ways to put feet on that and ask His direction and guidance with it, share in the comments below if you have a word or phrase for 2021.  Or you can send me a message with your story!  I'd love to "listen!"  

Have an amazing day!

Love & God Bless,

Regina