Jess's Journal: Life Unscripted

It is Day 6 of the Daniel Fast, and a lot of things have come to pass. The semester has started, and the assignments are clear as day. But there were things I did not understand. This morning during my quiet time, I discovered the word abundance. Now, it refers to what we have in great quantities. There is a great quantity of time. There are great quantities of knowledge I have. But what we do with these qualities may lead to things becoming idols that rob us of both. This morning, the Word became so clear. For the past week I have been trying (and failing!) to fast off of the news and limiting social media that I have almost no sight of the forest beneath the trees. For now, it is time to refocus. God is still on the move. He will always move. I will receive it and believe it.

As we enter into 2019, I wanted to take a moment and review my ever evolving word for 2018: integrity. I chose that word carefully based on Union's core values. My spiritual phrases and words were be still and surrender. I have to be honest, I didn't do a great job upholding the original one word since it changed repeatedly. This was my first time doing the One Word challenge instead of a New Year's resolution. Now that 2018 is over, it is time to dive into the reasoning behind my one word for 2019. My #OneWord for 2019 is responsibility. Now, responsibility is a tough one to conquer, but as I learned on the last Sunday sermon of 2018, I have to recognize that a change in belief leads to a change in behavior. Before 2018 ended, I decided to break up with the blame game and start taking responsibility for every mistake I have made. One of the responsibilities I ended up taking so far is abandoning my long time Alice in Wonderland/Mad Hatter composition notebook. I used t