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2021 A Year of Mending

January 26, 2021 by Sharon

I’ve mentioned several times that I’m using an app to read the bible through this year. I’ve tried to do it many times, and have always quit. This app along with a Facebook group from my church have been huge in keeping me accountable. I am loving having this time set aside to read everyday.

Another aspect of the app that I enjoy is that Brian, who read the scripture, also does a brief commentary on everything we read. He also speak encouraging words from time to time.

I found so much encouragement in what he said to our “global campfire” on January 4th, and I keep coming back to it.

Time Of Mending

He said that 2021 can be a time of “mending” after the harsh year of 2020. Then he added, “Mending doesn’t really mean returning to status quo. It means a time to heal and pursue the way forward by pursuing the narrow path that Jesus will teach us about as we read the Gospels.”

WOW!

How powerful. I learned in my grief from losing my first husband that I would never be the same, and as scary as that thought was, I tried to embrace it. I wanted to let grief change me, and I believe it did.

So here I find myself again at a time in my life that I can allow the mending of a really bad (certainly not the worst) year to change me. I don’t need to return to the status quo. I need a new way forward!

Without self reflection, I can’t allow the mending to take place. I can’t become a different/ better person unless I do the work.

We are all mending in some way from 2020. My journey will look completely different than yours, but I know if we all allow 2021 to be a year of personal mending and healing, our world will be a much better place.

So what am I going to do to continue on the road to mending?

2021 A Year of Mending
Image by Ulrike Leone from Pixabay
  1. Continue reading and studying my bible. Concentrating on how Jesus lived and what he said. Try to have a deeper understanding of what it means to live as Christ.
  2. Do a lot of self reflection.
  3. Pay attention to my unmet expectations. My word for the year is “accept” not so much expect. But I know that life isn’t easy, and so I will experience unmet expectations (2020 certainly taught me that). Instead of expecting ease in life, I need to expect growth from the trials that life brings.

Will you join me in letting 2021 be a year of mending in your life? There is no time like the present for healing.

2021 can be a time of “mending”

Daily Audio Bible App– You can download the app here.

To read more on mending- Tragedy Happens

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  1. Cristina says

    January 26, 2021 at 5:30 pm

    Love it all! đź’™ and I am planning on focusing on the Bible more. 2020 has been tough and I do need time to heal from it.
    God bless you, Sharon

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      January 27, 2021 at 10:52 am

      Thanks for stopping by. I hope you find the healing you need in 2021!!

      Reply

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After her husband’s sudden and unexpected death, Sharon McCuistian found herself a widow at the age of 48. With two grown children in college, Sharon had to find a way to live in her new reality. She turned to the things she loved to help in her grief: faith, family, and friends. Her love of words and writing became the cathartic venue by which she began to process her loss. It is through her grief journey that Now Choose Life was born. Read More

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