A New Word

I was visiting Rhoda, which in turn led me to visiting Layla, who is hosting This Little Word of Mine.

                                            

I've known about people having a Word for the new year, but have never had a word impressed upon me for the year.  Til this year.
                                                    

My word is Praise.  As a mom of a Chickie in her 2nd year of college, God has been working transformation in me these last 2 years.  Being an empty nester was a big change, and actually a delight.  I had a lot of free time that I wasn't used to having.  But......

This year Chickie is back home and attending college nearby.  She enjoys my company and my time.  My in-laws are growing increasingly dependent and I am their source of transportation.  I've sold my business ownership and become an employee again.

More responsibilities and time constraints and a new perception of my workplace.  Lots of big changes.  But through these last two years, He has given me what I would not have imagined to ask Him for.

His absolute Omnipresence.  The Joy of His Omnipresence.  It is the absolute most precious blessing that I can imagine.

I see myself being transformed by it.  Character traits I have admired in my mother for years are becoming mine, and I am in awe.  She is compassionate and wise and has passed an amazing spiritual legacy on to her family.

For these blessings, for these transformations in process, I will Praise Him.  And since He inhabits our praises, I will be drawn to even closer intimacy with Him.

Exodus 15:2 NIV

The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Hallelujah!
Be blessed this week!
Carol