Embrace – word for 2019

I’ve always had a goal of picking a word for the new year but I’ve never really stuck to it. Normally I’d forget I even picked a word four days into January. But this year is a big year for me and so here I am again picking a word. It’s taken me a little while to decide what I wanted my word to be and after a lot of searching I decided on Embrace with a little bit of courage lol. Embracing is something I’ve never been very good at. I like plans and comfort, and the thought of simply just embracing scares me completely. Though if there’s anything I learned last year it’s that we can’t plan life, it’s simply too complex and ever changing. Our God has a plan for us more beautiful than we could plan for ourselves. Though even knowing all this sometimes I still find it very hard to embrace the path in front of me. Sometimes I’d rather study the map a little longer.

This year I’m graduating high school and going to college. And that terrifies and excites me at the same time. I wish I could tell you where I’ll be attending college but we’re still working on that lol. It’s a twisting path of uncertainty in my head. One that’s always changing and full of experiences I know nothing about. And there’s a part of me that wants to run from that and cling to the safety of my plans. But another part of me, the one I want to highlight on, wants to embrace the plan God has laid out in front of me. Here’s where the little bit of courage plays in. I’m praying to find the courage God has given each one of us, to embrace the things that happen to me in 2019, good or bad, I want to learn and grow from them instead of saying “why me.”

Embracing the life each of us have been given can be difficult. It’s easy to look from the outside in to someone else’s life and wonder why you couldn’t be a little more like them. But another thing I’ve learned recently is that life isn’t told through Instagram and that everyone struggles and hurts in different ways. The life you are living was uniquely designed for you and not for your neighbor. 

If your anything like me, I hope that you too learn to embrace the life you have been so beautifully placed in, instead of trying to plan it all out yourself. Though if you’ve already mastered that art, I pray you find another word to hold on to this year. I’m so excited to keep sharing my heart and growing with y’all. Sending so much love and happiness.

All the love, Annie

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