One Word

I've been challenged this year to focus on one God given Word. Not a verse, or phrase, or rhyme. Just one Word. So far, the word honor has appeared in my mind and my readings.

But now after several days the word has changed to present. To be present in the moment, a human being presently enjoying life. Not a human doing. To be presented before God......

This is the foundation for my 2014 life strategy. Not a New Years resolution, but a life strategy that will ebb and flow and change and mold me.

I've chosen five areas I consider ones needing balance for my life to be God honoring.
Spiritual
Personal
Health
Career
Financial

As I reflect on the weakest areas in the list above, the two, (and no more than two) areas to be addressed first are health and financial. My next step is set a goal in each of these areas and then an action plan.

I also try to stretch myself each year by taking a class, or learning something new. In 2012 that was a statistics class, in 2013 I took an AWARE class by urbansurvivortraining.com.  Ladies you must attend this class! In 2014 I'll be attending a hunter's education class. My wonderful husband has introduced me to shooting sports and I thoroughly enjoy this with him. Not sure if I'll ever hunt, but we'd like to move into more of a self sustaining lifestyle, and this one step closer.
Side note, we also grew an incredible garden this last summer and look forward to that again year.
Stay tuned as I'll commit myself to using this blog to update my progress and potential areas for improvement.

Who knows? My one word my also change as the year builds itself out.

Challenge for you - what is your one word for 2014?

Discovering intimacy with God,
Sarah