My Word for 2016

Since 2005, I have made it apractice to ask God to give me a word for the year. I don’t want to just choose a word myself. I want it to be something God wants me to know and study and contemplate and understand. And He has been faithful to do just that.

My word for 2017: PONDER

The verse:Luke 2:29, “But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.” (NASB95)

I expect that I shall be pondering many things in my heart throughout 2017, and I pray that I will treasure all that G...