Remain
I love the idea of having a word for the year...a word that speaks something special to your soul, a word you want to chew on for that entire year. My word for 2018 has been "remain." I didn't choose this word; I believe God chose it for me. "Remain" has been pressing into me since the beginning of this year, even before I realized how much I would indeed need to remain throughout the coming months. John 15:4 records Jesus saying "Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me." Remain... Stay with. Cling to. Abide in. Hide within. Even when my heart felt like it was breaking. Even when depression raised its ugly head and fought against my mind. Even when unexpected things came up and my life got flipped upside...