of reVolutions, reSolutions and Solutions and defining such things

Today the blogosphere is buzzing with revolutions, resolutions, solutions and such!  Today I need to leave behind the failures (and successes) of 2012 and move forward to that which God has called me, too.  He has a plan for me for this day, this week, this month and the rest of this year.

One of my favorite movies is "Meet the Robinsons".  It is a children's movie but it portrays and amazing truth.  You can't keep dwelling on failure...you MUST 'keep moving forward', you do not know when the breakthrough will occur.  You do know what the day holds.  We do not know what is just beyond the river-bend.  The solution is just over the next hill.  So today:

I

RESOLVE

to 

start 

a

REVOLUTION

that 

might

just 

be

a

SOLUTION

REvOLUTION - a sudden, complete or marked change in something

REsOLUTION - the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc

sOLUTION - the act of solving a problem, question

Every year I ask the Lord for a word or phrase that might shape this year, give it focus.  If you've read any previous posts you know that I am dreaming BIG, needing a HUGE amount of grace for this good girl to come out from behind the masks I wear.  To be real and unafraid of who God has called me to be.  To breathe and work and do out of a FULL spirit rather than scraping the bottom of the barrel every day.  

I am thankful that He has surrounded me with a great crowd of encouragers in the on-line groups I'm part of and in the real life relationships that He's given me.  I have high hope for this year.  Hope is my drug of choice this year, I plan to drink it up daily.  Setting my mind on things that are His so that my JOY will be real and unaffected by circumstance.

My theme for this year is 

GRACE-FULL DISCIPLINE

NOT striving and straining and doing...but BEING!!!

grace

 [greys]  Show IPA noun, verb, graced, grac·ing.

noun

1.

elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: 

2.

a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment: 

3.

favor or goodwill. 

4.

a manifestation of favor, especially by a superior:

5.

mercy; clemency; pardon

full

¹ 

 [foo l]  Show IPA adjective, full·er, full·est, adverb, verb, noun.

adjective

1.

completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity: a full cup.

dis·ci·pline

 [dis-uh-plin]  Show IPA noun, verb, dis·ci·plined, dis·ci·plin·ing.

noun

1.

training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.

2.

activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training: A daily stint at the typewriter is excellent discipline for a writer.

I need a change in my character...a laying down of those things which have thus far held me back (my lack of discipline) and perhaps that will result in achieving those things which God has called me to do.  

I am determined, Lord willing, to be a woman of RESOLVE this year, walking FULL {containing all that can be held} of GRACE.

 (gotta love that example on discipline - definition 2!)

*all definitions from dicitionary.reference.com

Now that you're done reading here, if you haven't read Ann Voskamp's post today at Holy Experience you should go read it.  Keep moving forward!!  Fall if you have to...but do it forward!

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