 The first month of the new year is almost over. New year's resolutions are either becoming new habits or abandoned wants. I gave up the idea of resolutions years ago and went with a word for the year. A new year feels like a new chapter or a brand new notebook. It is full of possibilities.
My word for 2024 is Bloom. Some years I struggle and pray over my word, but this year as I studied for my ladies Sunday school class it felt like God just placed it in my heart. I had been working on my winter garden and noticed my marigolds. I planted one batch early in the season to help with pests. I was really frustrated with them though. The seeds sprouted and grew but didn’t bloom. I ended up pulling them up because they were taking over the garden but not blooming. One evening we were at the hardware store and I saw the small marigolds on sale. I grabbed a couple six packs that were already blooming. Even though it was late in the season I thought it might help some. They went crazy with blooms. While I was dead-heading the flowers, I realized that the seeds are the petals of the flowers. This pushed me to research the benefits of marigold. That research became a Sunday school lesson. The Sunday school lesson became my word for the year and now a blog post :).
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