The Storyteller | Mary Vee

I chose  the word fruitful because although I am doing tasks, I seem to be finding the longest way to get a job done. I'm like the kid on the playground who has to stop by each apparatus on my way home. I make a list every morning of what I hope to accomplish then set out working on the jobs. Sometimes I start this one and switch to that. The best part of the evening is seeing everything crossed off the list.  Great ideas pop in my head, I make plans and at the end of the day, only a few have happen. I want to be fruitful in my service for God.  I really don't want to waste a single day that God has blessed me with. Neither do I want to do a less  than  my stellar best for each task. The Bible says our time is like a breath. That means I need to produce fruitful  service for   Him. Am I off to a perfect start? Nope. Is God helping me? Yep . Here are some ways I hope to be working on this year's one-word Fruitful in being a good...

Photo Courtesy Happy New Year ! Last year I heard about a new idea, well, it was a new idea for me. I have a feeling the concept has been around for a while, taking its sweet time floating my way. I'd like to share the idea with you. Making a New Year's resolution is easy. We all have an area of our life we'd like to change, improve, or downright delete. Unfortunately, those resolutions rarely endure past February. We try. Fail. Try again. Fail. Eventually we quit and perhaps consider trying again next year. One-Word The new idea is this: choose one word to be your theme for the year. Post the word in a prominent place. Use this word as your goal word for the year.  For example: If I chose "trust" I might see my goal as learning to trust others or I might see my goal as wanting others to trust me. So each day I would pray that God would help me grow in this area.  This concept "trust" needs to saturate every part of your day and nig...