What It Takes to Make Your #OneWord365 Stick

There’s a community on Twitter that I’m just joining this year.  It was probably around last year, but this year is my year to join.

The #oneword365 community. One Word. One Year. One Theme.

Deciding on my One Word wasn’t difficult.  I quickly thought of a word that I wanted my life to represent in 2012.  And it was good.  Maybe a little cliché, but definitely solid and admirable and something I need more of.

On New Year’s Day I woke up early which is nothing new for me.  I’m an early bird more than a night owl any day of the week.  I poured coffee into the five-inch, wide-mouthed mug and sat down with my new 365 day Bible in my lap and my prayer journal on top.

As I began to read and pray and study, the #oneword365 that I had chosen seemed exactly what I thought about it days earlier – a little cliché.  As I sat and listened a little longer a new word came to my mind.

And so my second #oneword365 for 2012 was born.  I accepted this as the word God had given me.

When John woke up I excitedly told him about my second one word for the year. He already knew about the first one.  He just looked at me with a look that had words painted right onto his face: “We’re not even seven hours into the new year and you’ve already changed your one word?  And you changed it to that?” And honestly, it was a little ironic.

Sitting in church two hours later the pastor said, “Today we’re going to talk about Focus!”

John and my eyes darted to each other.

Focus.  My #oneword365!

What It Takes to Make Your #OneWord365 Stick:

1. Direction from God in choosing it.

2. Wisdom on how to incorporate it into your life.

3. Discipline to keep it in the forefront of your mind.