I'll be honest... the word I had originally come up with is NOT the word I'm writing about today. I came up with my nice, neat word while cleaning the house last week and it seemed appropriate at the time. That word was "renew".
Randy and I were in the midst of cleaning up, cleaning out and doing some minor remodeling to some areas in our home and "renew" just seemed to fit.
Yet, somehow, as the week wore on, I realized that another word was invading my thoughts and after being confirmed two times, on two separate occasions, I knew that my word for 2012 was to be "intentional".
Let me be the first to admit. The word intentional scares me. I'm not sure why, but it's not a nice, neat, pre-packaged word like "renew". It's DELIBERATE. It's on PURPOSE. It's INTENTIONAL.
Yet, that is how I want to live. Intentional.
I could come up with a list of things I want to be intentional about and tie it up with big beautiful bow... but, honestly, I find it hard to hold myself accountable with a list of items I want to become.
However, if I live intentionally, those items on that "list" seem to fall into place.
For example... "Be the wife that my husband desires" could easily be on my list of things I want to be intentional about. However, if I'm living "intentional" and "with purpose", I AM the wife my husband desires.
Does that make sense?
So, the gist of it is this... I pledge to live intentionally in every area of my life.
Because a life with purpose is a life worth living and leading.
That was my word last year- to do things with purpose, to make decisions that move me in the direction I want to go, to not waste time and resources. It is a fabulous word! My word this year is patient. I need to look long term and not at immediate satisfaction, like walking through Target for no reason :)
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