2019 has come and gone! It wasn’t an easy year by any means. There was a lot of heartache, health issues, personal demons to battle, and loss. But it was also a year of tremendous growth. Through the valleys of this year, God brought me to the mountain tops. I had breakthroughs, lessons learned, truth spoken to me, and prayers answered.
As I reflect on 2019, I can’t help but think of the year we just entered…2020! (It’s crazy to think we are in a new decade) I can’t help but to think of the things I want to do this year or the things I want to learn. I want this year to be a year of rest. If anything, 2019 has taught me that I am not as invincible as I thought I was. I can’t say “yes” to everything and I can’t do everything. My human body gets worn out easily. I want 2020 to be a year where I prioritize and listen to the Holy Spirit on what I say “yes” to. With all that said, here is a list of 20 things (in no particular order) I want to accomplish/learn in the year of 2020:
- Spend more time with the Lord.
- Pray more boldly and expectantly.
- Meditate and memorize more scripture.
- Learn what it truly means to REST in the Lord.
- Deepen my trust in the Lord…in the highs AND the lows.
- Learn that it is okay not to say “yes” to everything and to be okay with that decision.
- Continue to build deeper relationships with my friends.
- Stand more confidently in who God made me to be.
- Learn to be okay when I can’t please everyone.
- Be more bold in sharing the Gospel with those I come in contact with.
- Learn to listen more to the Holy Spirit and to discern God’s voice.
- Continue to work on my personal demons with the help of the Lord.
- Grow in knowing that friendship looks differently as an adult — it’s not about the quantity of friends but about the quality of those friendships.
- Be more intentional — reach out more, listen more, and pray for my friends more.
- Become more patient in the waiting.
- Relish the season I am in.
- Be more present where I am at.
- Continue to fix my eyes on Jesus.
- Find joy in the suffering.
- Keep learning what it means to keep my thoughts captive.
My prayer and hope for 2020 is that this will be a year of continual growth in the Lord, being shaped and molded more into Christ’s likeness, and a year of rejuvenation. Have you thought about what you want 2020 to hold for you? If you have, I encourage you to share them with a friend. Have a friend keep you accountable in your goals. If you don’t have anyone to share them with, I would love for you to share them with me. If you haven’t thought about it, then I encourage you to pray and seek the Lord on what He wants for you in 2020. And then, I encourage you to write them down. It doesn’t have to be on something fancy, but can even be on the note section of your phone. By the end of 2020, you can look back and see all that the Lord did in this past year.
Let 2020 be the year we press into the Lord more. Let 2020 be the year we stop listening to the lies of the enemy and listen to the voice of God instead. And let 2020 be the year that we live in true obedience to the One who created us.
Happy New Year, friends!
reflections of a girl on mission. 