Read Others' Words
On this page, you can read the words that others have chosen and their reasons for choosing them. If you'd like to post your own story to this page, please login or create an account and fill out the form to share your word.
Strength
Amber
(Posted 1 week ago)
I choose strength because it applies to all areas of my life right now and for the year of 2010. I need strength to move away from my "safety zone" of college, PC3, familiar faces, and wilmington (a place I've called home for 5 years). I strive for strength in starting my new job and career as a new graduate nurse, knowing that there is alot to learn and peoples lives are in my hands. I desperately need strength to deal with the things I see: death, nonbelievers, murders, drug dealers, and people who are just plain mean to me and unappreciative of both others and myself. I search for strength in being away from my boyfriend because it is physically painful to be away from the person I love with all my heart, knowing that it will be for years and that I'm not getting to share this part of my life with him as wholly as I would wish for. And most of all, I pray for God's strength to completely encompass me so that I can see his plan for my life and I can follow him with everything I have in hopes that one day I will have clarity for both where I am, where I want to be, and who He wants me to be.
FULL
Damien
(Posted 1 month ago)
i PICKED FULL BECAUSE THIS WORD CAN BE USED IN ALOT OF DIFFERENT MEANINGS . iT HELPS ME TO CONSTANTLY STEP BACK AND OBSERVE MY SELF AND ASK AM I FULL OF LOVE AM I FULL OF WISDOM, ETC. IT HELPS ME TO TRY TO CONSTANTLY HOLD TO A BALANCE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
relationship
mark
(Posted 1 month ago)
I grew up in a family that went to church because thats what us "good" folks did. It was just a show and I resented having to go. When I was old enough, I rebelled, and did not think much about God for 3 decades. The hard life I led ( and it's consequences ) drove me into church again. Only this time I really see who God is, as well as who I am. I need him in my life today, and I'm so gratefull he loves me and has pulled me up from the awfull place is was in
Surrender
Jenna
(Posted 1 month ago)
This year I want to have the peace of mind that Jesus had when he gave his troubles to God. The only way to get that serenity is to give it all up to Him: the fear, the anxiety, the doubt, the reasoning, the negativity, the selfishness. I have been addicted to drugs, food, sex and attention-seeking behaviors ever since my adolescence. At 15 I began to doubt God\'s love for me and I lost my faith. Since then I began to spiral downward and almost lost my family, career, home and life. Now, at 21, I am finally getting my faith back and trying to obey God. I made it where I am today by an act of surrender. I had to admit that the devil had a stronghold on me and I was shutting out God\'s love. I had to realize how much I need God\'s help and that I can not live life on my own. Daily I battle anxiety and depression and the only way that I know to combat these scary feelings is to surrender to the Lord. I must take a deep breath, pray and trust that He will save me. Surrender is my ONEWORD.
Tolerate
Norma
(Posted 1 month ago)
TRUST
Tamora
(Posted 1 month ago)
Worry, worry, worry- this is why I picked Trust as my one word. All the "what if's" can consume a person so much that you look around one day and wonder, "Am I actually enjoying my life, or spending it worrying about tomorrow?" And I realized that this is also about faith in God. I was actually lacking faith by not trusting that God has it all handled. That was a hard reality check for me. I feel like I am making good progress, learning to trust that God has it all under control, and not to "lean unto my own understanding". Working on this has brought me a new sense of freedom and peace. Trust!
Grace
Johanna
(Posted 1 month ago)
Back in January I thought long and hard about what my one word would be for the year. After a lot of words came to mind, Grace just seemed to capture everything in my life both in the past and what is to come. After a layoff during the first week of Decemeber and finalizing my divorce a week later and competing in two half marathons over the next two weeks I felt that the best way to approach the good times and the bad were with Grace. I had a very tough year during 2009 and through my attendance at Port City Community Church I focused on turning everything over to God and over and over again I tell myself that I will never have more in my life at one time than God thinks I can handle. I wake up each morning with an appreciation for the life, the friends, family, church and health that I have and realize that through my relationship with Christ my life is exactly where it needs to be at any given time. I remind myself as hard or as wonderful as thing maybe, I must handle everything with Grace and faith and with my love for Christ.
Reach
Chuck
(Posted 1 month ago)
I chose the word reach because most of my life I have patiently tried to maintain an existence living within my comfort zones. Looking back over all the years I've come to realize that the occasions when God has nudged, shoved, or booted me out for real tests and challenges have been the times I've experienced more awareness growth and learned the most about who I am and where I need to make changes. They have also been the times I have felt most alive. So I want to reach up to God for guidance on reaching out to others with what ever I can offer and reaching into myself to find what needs to be altered.
Truth
Kristy
(Posted 1 month ago)
What is the truth? That is a question that I have been asking myself alot lately. Some of the tests and trials I have gone through over the past few years have tested me to the core of my faith. The devil has tried his best to take from me everything I know to be true. I have been failed in my friendships and by my former church. Everything that I THOUGHT was true, turned out to not be. So now, I am on a truth quest. I am tired of living under the lies that were told in order to control me. I am no longer pushing aside that still small voice that was warning me all along. I want the truth! The small steps I have already taken (leaving my old church) has already proven God's Word to be TRUE and I have known a freedom that I didn't know existed! I am so excited ot see where the Lord leads me next and most importantly I am excited to see how much closer I will be drawn unto Him through the process!
Real
Jeremy
(Posted 1 month ago)
For years I have always placed an image about myself before others. I thought having an image of being cool and having an exciting job was a major part of my identity. So with ONE word, I chose real, so that when others meet me, they meet the REAL me. I want God to break down barriers I have and use me in a REAL way to impact His kingdom, I want to experience Him in more Real ways, so that when people meet me for the first time they instantly know that I am different and serve a REAL, Powerful, Awesome, In-fathomable, LOVING God!!!